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title: "Business Immigration Alert: Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B Cap Update"
description: "Business Immigration Alert: Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B Cap Update"
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# [Business Immigration Alert: Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B Cap Update](https://www.lawmh.com/blog/mhm/2017/04/18/business-immigration-alert-fiscal-year-2018-h1b-cap-update)

 Written by [Ronae Redwine](https://www.lawmh.com/blog/author/ronae-redwine) | Apr 18, 2017 1:24:34 PM

On Monday, April 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it received approximately 199,000 H-1B petitions during the first five business days of April (April 3-7, 2017) exceeding the statutory cap on available H-1B slots. As a result, USCIS conducted a random computer generated selection process, or “lottery,” to determine which H-1B petitions filed during this period would be accepted.

[Read More](https://www.lawmh.com/hubfs/documents/Business_Immigration_Update_(H-1B_Cap_Update_04-17-17).pdf)

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