H1B FY-08 Apr 13 update

[ePhy]

Folks, can someone fill-in on the latest USCIS update. There's is little info on AILA's recent postings page. Any additional info will be greatly appreciated. Hopefully there's some good news !!!

USCIS Update dated 4/13/2007 reports on the running of the random selection process, a change in initial processing that allowed conduct of the selection process sooner, and receipting. AILA Doc. No. 07041340.

 

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http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/H1Bfy08CapUpdate041307.pdf

USCIS RUNS RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS FOR H-1Bs
Revised Business Procedures Expedite Processing

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that on April 12 it conducted the computer-generated random selection process to determine which H-1B petitions, subject to the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008), would continue to final processing. USCIS completed this determination ahead of the preliminary schedule noted on April 3, when it announced it had received enough petitions to meet the cap for FY 2008.

The 123,480 cap-subject petitions received on April 2 and 3 were labeled with unique numerical identifiers and selected randomly by computer. The chosen numerical identifiers were then transmitted to the appropriate service center for further processing.

Applicants who submitted properly filed petitions that are accepted for adjudication will receive a receipt notice. All petitions not chosen will be returned with the fee(s) to the petitioner or their authorized representative. The total process is expected to take approximately four weeks.
For the cases initially filed for premium processing, the 15-day premium processing period begins on April 12, the day petitions were selected through the random selection process.

USCIS will provide additional updates as the processing of FY 2008 H-1B cap cases continues.