USCIS has officially announced that it has completed all data entry for fiscal year 2016 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Per the regulations, USCIS conducted its random lottery for H-1B cap-subject petitions that would be selected for processing, as more H-1B cap-subject petitions were selected than available for the upcoming fiscal year. Employers with cap-subject petitions that were selected for adjudication should have received or will receive in the near future the H-1B receipt notice on Form I-797C. USCIS also will begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the lottery. USCIS will release an announcement once all the petitions have been returned.
