USCIS Releases Preliminary Number Of FY 2009 H-1B Cap Filling

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    WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a preliminary
    number of nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. More
    than 31,200 of those petitions were for the advanced degree category.
    USCIS expects next week it will conduct the computer-generated random selection process, beginning
    with the selection of the 20,000 petitions under the advanced degree exemption. Those petitions not
    selected under the advanced degree category will join the random selection process for the cap-subject
    65,000 limit.
    USCIS will reject, and return filing fees for all cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, unless
    found to be a duplicate. USCIS will handle duplicate filings in accordance with the interim final rule
    published on March 24, 2008 in the Federal Register.
    USCIS will provide regular updates as the processing of FY 2009 H-1B cap cases continues.