Monthly Archives: April 2018

Today, April 12, 2018, USCIS announced that on April 11th, it conducted the H-1B lottery for FY 2019. USCIS received 190,098 Petitions for the almost 85,000 slots. This is less than in FY 2018, when USCIS received 199,000 Petitions. USCIS received 94,213 Petitions for the standard cap and 95,885 Petitions for the advanced degree […]

Friday, April 6th, 2018, USCIS announced that it reached the FY 2019 H-1B cap during the mandatory first five business days that the program must remain open to accept filings. USCIS did not announce when it will run the lottery, and SPS Immigration will keep you appraised as USCIS continues to announce advances in […]