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Do I understand it right, that lottery will be only for applications made on 5th day, not for applications made through whole week? My application was on 1st and I don't know if I still can get screwed by randomness.


No, USCIS collects all the applications received during the 1st five business days and put them together before they are lottried out. So any application received after today would automatically be rejected.


Since the cap was reached today, does that mean 60K cap + all excess applicants that applied today, are put in the lottery for 60K slots?


exactly, the applications received were more than quota, thus the lottery.


Same here, I think there is still randomness for us, the lottery is perhaps the the total applicants versus the 60K cap. I am not sure though.


"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."

It says through april 5th. So, All applications will face lottery even if you submitted yours on april 1st.




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