Update July 15, 2022
The good news is that we have already received approvals for some of the H-1Bs affected by the receipt delay.
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Update July 1, 2022
First Vermont, now California is experiencing unusual delay in issuing H-1B receipt notices.
Interestingly, Vermont has been transferring workload to California since June to address its own delay and speed up the intaking process.
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Update June 22, 2022
Based on recent H-1B receipt notices from Vermont, it does seem like they are making efforts to speed up intaking and the issuance of receipt notices. Took more than a month to receive receipts for cases filed in early May. Took 15 days for cases filed in late May.
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Original Post June 20, 2022
We have been experiencing delays in receiving H-1B receipt notices for cases filed in or after the first week of April. It took well over a month to receive the receipt notices. As of June 20, 2022, we are still waiting for receipts for extension/transfer cases filed in late April and May.
Although USCIS has admitted that the delay impacts both cap-subject and non-cap-subject cases, we are only seeing the delay affecting extension/transfer filings.
The sample cap-subject receipt from Vermont shows a turnaround time of just 3 days.
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The good news is that USCIS is now transferring H-1B petitions to the California Service Center to rebalance the workload which should help issue receipt notices more quickly.
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See our Twitter threads regarding the delay