08/17/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received 100% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
08/01/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 97% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
7/30/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 96% of the petitions back that we are expecting. USCIS also announced that they have “completed” returning the unselected petitions. This means that the remaining not-selected petitions that have not arrived should be arriving in the mail by August 13th.
7/23/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 91% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
7/17/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 66% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
7/10/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 35% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
7/3/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 24% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
6/27/18 UPDATE: as of today, we’ve received approximately 4% of the petitions back that we are expecting.
6/22/18: Today’s the day. We have received the first shipment of H-1B petitions that were returned after not being selected in the FY 2019 lottery. This is just the beginning, we received just a few from the Vermont Service Center today. We are expecting many, many more over the next four to six weeks. The stamped date on the notices we received today are from June 19, and 20th.
Petitions have a Reject Case # at the top. Vermont cases start with VRN or VMN (for Regular or Masters) and California cases start with CRN or CMN. I’ll post updates as we receive more over the next several weeks.
Here are pictures of the notices sent by each Service Center so you will know what to expect.
Vermont:
California:
The waiting will soon be over for those of you who did not hear anything yet. If you are looking for other visa options, you may find this post helpful: http://immigrationgirl.com/options-when-your-h-1b-is-not-selected/