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Hi arunvbl, If you applied for the bachelor's degree quota of 65,000, then the quota was reached on August 10. Any applications received after the 10th will be returned. If you applied for the 20k US Master's degree quota, then I guess you are in. I havent been following the 20k quota so...

Once your OPT expires, you have 60 days to either leave the country, stay on F1 status by going to grad school, or somehow changing your status to something else. If you stay in the country after your OPT expires AND longer than 60 days, you will be out of status. I don't really know the...

There's not really much you can do to get hired if you don't have a US Master's degree. You will have to apply for next year's H1B general pool in April. Until then, you will either need to find some way to stay in status in the US (go to grad school) or leave the country temporarily. I'm...

Well, there is confusion about this. Please fully read this thread: http://murthyforum.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1024039761&f=4234032861&m=575106468 At the bottom, it shows that people calling their Premium Processing centers who HAD receipts, but were told that their applications...

Hi LucyMO, Thanks for responding. I'd like to ask a follow-up question then: Since I have an H1B petition that is pending (received receipt, but no approval/rejection yet - probably will be returned due to cap limit), will I have problems simultaneously applying to grad school? Wouldn't...

Hi Great Guru, you seem to be extremely knowledgeable regarding these matters. The question revolves entirely around the random selection process. For the August 10 petitions, will ALL petitioners receive a receipt number and only after will random selection process be done? I'm sure you...

I am unsure as to whether I made the H1B cap this year, so I am considering enrolling in grad school starting January 2006. I plan to attend one semester, but in the meantime, also have the company that sponsored me this year, file again in April of 2006 for another shot at the H1B. I...

Hi, on another immigration board I frequent, there is mass confusion regarding those filings made on August 10. Specifically, people don't know if the random selection has already been applied. There are two scenarios: Scenario #1: EVERYBODY on August 10 gets a receipt number. Then random...