H1-B 2022 Lottery Latest Update: USCIS Conducts Second H1-B Lottery – Have You Been Selected? – Path2USA

USCIS has needed to conduct a second spherical of H1-B lottery for the Fiscal yr 2022 registrations that had been submitted in March 2021. A complete of 27,717 further registrants had been chosen from the preliminary set that waswaitlisted from the primary lottery spherical. 

The chosen registrants this time have till November 3, 2021 to submit their accomplished H1-B petitions with USCIS.

Why Did USCIS Conduct A Second Spherical Of H1-B Lottery?

USCIS makes use of historic information associated to approvals, denials, revocations, and different elements to calculate the variety of registrations wanted to satisfy the H-1B cap for a given fiscal yr. Per these rules, the annual requirement of 85,000 together with the Grasp’s cap of 20,000 was not met within the preliminary spherical.

There was a complete of 308,613 H1-B registrations filed by candidates between March 9, 2021 and March 25, 2021 for the H1-B lottery cap, fiscal yr 2022. There have been 87,500 registrants chosen within the first-round lottery performed in March 30, 2021. Nonetheless, solely 37,000 chosen H1-B registrants filed accomplished H1-B petitions by the deadline of June 30, 2021. Provided that the whole H1-B quota within the fiscal yr 2022 is 85,000, USCIS needed to conduct a second spherical to fill this quota.

How Can You Discover Out If You Had been Chosen In The H1-B 2022 Lottery?

Whereas candidates of premium processing (provided solely to the those that had been elected within the preliminary spherical) will get notified of choice inside 14 days, employers will know in the event that they had been chosen within the following methods:

• On-line Account: The net myUSCIS account is the primary level of contact by USCIS. This will likely be up to date routinely with a standing change if the beneficiary was chosen within the H1-B 2021 lottery course of.
• Type I-797– USCIS sends out an H1-B approval discover within the type of Type I-797. This may be the official documentation speaking your choice.
• H1-B Receipt quantity – Alternately on registration, every employer is assigned a 13-digit receipt quantity. This quantity is notified to your employer by way of common mail. Whereas the slowest choice, it’s a licensed assure of your choice for the subsequent fiscal yr.
• Trackers – Whereas USCIS affords telephonic and on-line choices to verify case standing, one can even observe the progress and development of H1B petitions and approvals at H1B Tracker. This discussion board means that you can talk about, analyze and observe your visa standing.
• Verify Cashed – Every petition is filed together with a charge within the type of a verify. If USCIS has encashed this verify, it is a sign that your petition was chosen. All rejected petitions are returned together with their checks.

Find out how a lot an H1-B petition is charged at H1-B visa charge.

Subsequent Steps: After Being Chosen In The Second Spherical Of H1-B 2021 Lottery 

• An employer whose registration is chosen within the second lottery will obtain a USCIS e-mail indicating that motion has been taken on its case. This may be discovered on their myUSCIS accounts.
• The employer or its immigration counsel should log into the H-1B cap registration system and print out the I-797 Discover of Motion, choice discover for the case.
• The discover will inform the employer of the submitting deadline and the precise USCIS submitting location. All of the candidates chosen within the second spherical H1-B lottery can start submitting their accomplished H1-B petitions with USCIS beginning August 2, 2021 and till November 3, 2021.
• H1-B petitions can’t be filed on-line. A selected USCIS Service Heart is earmarked on the H1-B registration choice discover. Employers can mail their accomplished H1-B petitions to this service middle. Sending it to some other middle solely delays the processing occasions.
• The I-797 Discover of Motion together with the FY 2022 H-1B cap-subject petition have to be included when the employer information an entire H-1B cap petition for the registration.
• If chosen primarily based on the 20,000 Grasp’s quota, it is advisable embody the schooling transcripts/diploma of your U.S. masters.

Historical past Of Second Spherical H1-B Lotteries

Second spherical lotteries are usually not quite common. The always altering panorama of USCIS’ immigration guidelines coupled with the pandemic has thrown each system off their keel. Final fiscal yr, USCIS performed their first second spherical of the H1-B lottery.

USCIS performed the first-round lottery for FY 2021 and chosen 106,100 registrations. By the second-round lottery for FY 2021, they chose 18,315 registrations. Whereas a complete of 124,415 had been chosen final yr, the annual quota remained 85,000.

For this yr’s (FY 2022) random choice course of, USCIS chosen 87,500 registrations within the first spherical however solely 37,000 employers lastly filed accomplished H1-B petitions. In consequence, USCIS needed to conduct a second spherical of lottery to satisfy the annual quota. The second spherical has resulted in a collection of 27,717 registrations, totaling 115,217 for FY 2022.

It will likely be fascinating to see if USCIS will find yourself conducting a 3rd spherical of the H1-B 2022 cap lottery.

Congratulations To All These Who Received Chosen This Time!!