Unselected H-1B Cap Petitions Returned by USCIS

July 19, 2017 Britni Sehgal

On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it has returned all fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap petitions that were not selected in the lottery.

According to USCIS, if you submitted an H-1B cap petition between April 3 and April 7, 2017 but have not yet received a receipt notice or a returned petition by July 31, you may contact them directly. Alternatively, you may also contact your attorney for next steps if your petition was not selected.

Read the full update here.

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