On 11/19/2021, the USCIS conducted an unprecedented 3rd selection from among the H-1B petitions previously registered for the FY2022 H-1B lottery. New selections were made under both the advanced degree quota and the regular quota as the USCIS had determined that it needed to select more cases from the previously submitted electronic registrations in order to meet the quotas for FY2022 – 20,000 for the advanced degree quota and 65,000 for the regular quota.
The petition filing period for cases selected on 11/19/2021 will begin on 11/22/2021 and close on 2/23/ 2022.
Employers will have their myUSCIS accounts updated to include the selection notices for any additional cases that were selected. The selection notice will provide details about when and where to file the H-1B petition.
If our office is notified of any new selections from the cases we registered, we will advise you.
Remember that the new lottery selections made by USCIS were from cases that had previously been registered for the lottery in March 2021.
The initial H-1B lottery for FY2022 was conducted at the end of March 2021. Later, in July 2021, USCIS conducted a second lottery.
