does anybody know, if H1B is exhausted? please update.........

i don't know, yet

This is what i found till now still no updates for today

QUOTA UPDATE 4-1-08

NUMBER OF H1B CASES RECEIVED:  Today is the first day of the H1b filing period for the 2009FY.  There is no information available yet regarding how many H1b petitions the USCIS has received today. 

DELIVERY DISRUPTION:  Fed Ex announced today that they had a service disruption last night and this morning so packages that are scheduled to arrive today might not be delivered on time.  The Fed Ex Memphis hub and flight operations experienced substantial disruptions last night and this morning due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. 

As far as I know, they will recognze all the applicantions received till April 7th so we might not know till april 8th.

This is what i got in my email from my lawyer this morning.

Cap Selection Lottery

Under new regulations, if USCIS gets more than enough petitions to meet the
H-1B  cap  during  the first five business days of the filing season – from
today  through  Monday,  April  7  â€“  it will use a computerized lottery to
select  the cases that will be processed to completion.  Cases not selected
in the lottery will be rejected and returned along with their filing fees.

If  the advanced-degree quota is met during the first five business days of
the  filing  period,  the agency will use the lottery process to select the
20,000  winning cap-exempt advanced degree cases.  Any advanced degree case
not  selected in the exemption lottery will be put into the lottery for the
standard  H-1B  quota.   If the advanced-degree quota is not met within the
first  five  business  days  of the filing season, qualifying cases will be
awarded advanced-degree numbers until the 20,000 limit is reached.

Processing Delays Expected

USCIS  will  almost certainly receive a very large number of H-1B petitions
between now and April 7. It could take several weeks or more for the agency
to  open  up  each  filing,  conduct the selection lottery and issue filing
receipts.  It may also take several days or more for USCIS to announce that
the cap has been reached.  Employers should expect these delays, and should
also  be  prepared  for other processing problems.  Last year, for example,
USCIS  didn’t consistently issue filing receipts or cash fee checks for cap
cases,  making  it difficult to determine with certainty whether a case had
been  accepted  for processing.  The agency also delayed in announcing that
the advanced-degree quota was reached.  During the lag time, many employers
and their immigration counsel unknowingly continued to file cases that were
foreclosed by the cap.  Similar problems could occur this year.

Premium Processing Temporarily Halted During Initial Case Intake

USCIS  will  accept  requests  for  premium processing for FY 2009 H-1B cap
cases.   However,  the  15-day  premium  processing clock will be suspended
while  the  agency  finishes initial case intake and runs the cap selection
lottery.   The  agency is expected to restart the processing clock once the
lottery has been completed.

FRAGOMEN will be closely monitoring the H-1B petition intake process

any updates???

 

There still is no information available on the number of H1b applications received by the USCIS so far.  The CIS has stated that they will be reviewing H1b cases subject to the H1b quota cap received for duplicate H1b filings.  The CIS has stated that it will first analyze whether a duplicate H1b petition exists based on preliminary data entry information.  Once a potential H1b duplicate has been identified, the CIS officer will then pull the H1b petitions and evaluate them to ensure that they are actually duplicate H1b filings.  Any H1b filings which have the same H1b petitioner & the same H1b beneficiary will be denied outright.  H1b petitions by related companies for the same H1b beneficiary where independent business need is not evident may be issued a Request for Evidence giving the H1b petitioner an opportunity to explain.

Cap reached:

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/H1BFY08Cap040307.pdf

hoina kato muji haldar raicha...last year ko lyra raakhcha yaar jahan pani....

There still is no information available on the number of H1b applications received by the USCIS so far.  The CIS has stated that they will be reviewing H1b cases subject to the H1b quota cap received for duplicate H1b filings.  The CIS has stated that it will first analyze whether a duplicate H1b petition exists based on preliminary data entry information.  Once a potential H1b duplicate has been identified, the CIS officer will then pull the H1b petitions and evaluate them to ensure that they are actually duplicate H1b filings.  Any H1b filings which have the same H1b petitioner & the same H1b beneficiary will be denied outright.  H1b petitions by related companies for the same H1b beneficiary where independent business need is not evident may be issued a Request for Evidence giving the H1b petitioner an opportunity to explain.

There is no point in asking 'Any Updates'. nobody knows it. Best you look it urself either at www.uscis.com

or at http://www.infinitilaw.com/h1bnews.html