U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services ("USCIS") announced today that it has now completed returning all petitions that were not selected in the Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B lottery. Employers who filed petitions should now have received either a Form I-797 receipt notice with assigned receipt number, or the original rejected petition including filing fees. USCIS will take inquiries if employers believe they filed during the required period – April 2 to April 6, 2018 – and have not received a receipt notice or rejected petitionby August 13, 2018

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