H-1B Cap Reached for 2014 (more than 85,000 applications received in fist week)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient
 number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2014. USCIS has also received
 more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption.
 After today, USCIS will not accept H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2014 cap or the advanced degree exemption.
USCIS will use a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as the “lottery”) for all FY 2014
cap-subject petitions received through April 5, 2013. The agency will conduct the selection process for advanced
 degree exemption petitions first. All advanced degree petitions not selected will be part of the random selection process
for the 65,000 limit. Due to the high number of petitions received, USCIS is not yet able to announce the exact day of the
random selection process. Also, USCIS is currently not providing the total number of petitions received, as we continue to
 accept filings today. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap