On April 13, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS)
announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data entry and the
generation of receipt notices would be delayed until at least May
1, 2020, for fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions.
The following is a summary of the key information provided by
USCIS:
- USCIS will not immediately begin data entry for petitions
received during the H-1B filing window that began on April 1, 2020,
and runs for 90 days.
- Each petition will be stamped with the date it was received at
the service center.
- Once data entry commences, USCIS will process petitions in the
order of receipt.
- The 90-day filing window remains unchanged. All FY 2021 H-1B
cap petitions must be received by June 30, 2020.
