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description: On April 11, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the
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# [H-1B Lottery Completed](https://www.lawmh.com/blog/h-1b-lottery-completed)

 Written by [Immigration Practice Group](https://www.lawmh.com/blog/author/immigration-practice-group) | Apr 13, 2018 11:57:51 AM

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued the following announcement:

 On April 11, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2019.

 USCIS received **190,098** H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 2, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. USCIS [announced](http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNDEyLjg4MzEzMzQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDQxMi44ODMxMzM0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTA4ODQ3JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZGdsdWNrbWFuQGxhd21oLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZGdsdWNrbWFuQGxhd21oLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-reaches-fy-2019-h-1b-cap) on April 6, that it had received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 and the master’s cap of 20,000. USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees unless the petition is a prohibited [multiple filing](http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNDEyLjg4MzEzMzQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDQxMi44ODMxMzM0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NTA4ODQ3JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZGdsdWNrbWFuQGxhd21oLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZGdsdWNrbWFuQGxhd21oLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&101&&&https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2018/2018-3-23-PM-602-0159-Matter-of-S-Inc-Adopted-Decision-Package.pdf).

 

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