Barbitana

Hi all,
Does anyone know in the h1b context what a random selection process means?

Thanks!

sudha

USCIS started this process when they were getting more than 65k of applications for h1b on the first few days. To give every one a fair chance, they decided to hold all the applications for 5 days or so... and then assign them a unique number and put them through a lottery style process to chose the 65k applications.

This will be done only if they recieve 65k within first week I think. Last two years they had to resort to this, but this year, they didnt do it, as they didnt complete the quota until now.

E3only

It means there is no 'person' looking at the application. Applications are randomly approved!

You will quickly find out "I qualify for H1B" and "I will get one issued" are two statements miles apart.

Although - I am sure the random selection would some some criteria/rules but there is no guarantee. Someone with 10 years of quality experience can be declined yet someone with 2 years of experience can get the visa. PURE LOTTERY

SO, you still think H1B is better than E3?

Duncan Roberts

I thought it was that the applications are randomly picked to be processed which then may or may not be approved. I can't see USCIS approving visas automatically without anyone looking at them.

Ray

I hear lots of H1B are being revoked after USCIS or their contractor has visited the sites where visa holder are reputed to be working and found not all as it should be...

ian-mstm

No, that's not what it means. It means that applications are randomly selected from the pool of all applications rather than based on when they arrived.

Whether those applications are approved or not is an entirely different process. If an application isn't approved, then another application is picked at random from the remaining pool of applications.

Ian

E3only

Fair enuf, the point is - there is no science behind it all.....applications get randomly picked and then if they are good enuf they get approved.