Originally published on CyberInquirer.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on
Friday, April 5, 2013 that it has received a sufficient number of
H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY)
2014. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed
on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree
exemption. After today, USCIS will not accept H-1B petitions
subject to the FY 2014 cap or the advanced degree exemption.
USCIS will use a computer-generated random selection process
(commonly known as the "lottery") for all FY 2014
cap-subject petitions received through April 5, 2013. The
agency will conduct the selection process for advanced degree
exemption petitions first. All advanced degree petitions not
selected will be part of the random selection process for the
65,000 limit. Due to the high number of petitions received,
USCIS is not yet able to announce the exact day of the random
selection
