USCIS Concludes the Data Entry of Financial Year 2017 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions

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USCIS give out a news today specifying that they have completed data entry of the all the H1B Fiscal Year 2017 cap subject petitions. USCIS will start to return all the petitions that were not selected. The petitioners should not interact with USCIS regarding their H1B petition until they receive some sort of communication about their petition either a reject notice or case receipt. An announcement will be issued by USCIS once all the unselected petitions have been returned.In addition, USCIS is moving some Form I-129 H-1B cap subject petitions from the Vermont Service Center to the California Service Center to balance the distribution of cap cases. You will receive notification in the mail, if your case is transferred. After receiving the notification, please send all future correspondence to the center processing your petition. If you are filing a Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to upgrade your Form I-129 H-1B petition to premium processing, send the completed Form I-907 with the appropriate fee to the center processing your petition.

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