I-797C Form means I won the lottery?

USA H1B Visa
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I applied for the H1B, and I got a I-797C Notice of Action form. Does that mean that I won the lottery? According to this site: hbwiki.com/h1b-visa-2014-lottery-2-weeks-update/ it actually means that, but I just wanted to double check.

Thanks!

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USCIS will send Form I-797C, Notice of Action, to a customer in order to communicate information related to notices of:

	receipt,

	rejection,

	transfer,

	re-open, and

	appointment (fingerprint, biometric capture, interview, rescheduled). 


 If you receive a Form I-797C in the mail, please pay close attention to what it says. Ignoring the instructions in a Notice of Action might delay your case. [copied from the link below]



[http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=9d4f068d9c456310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD](http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=9d4f068d9c456310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD)



 



In H1B case, I-797C notice of action with Notice type: Receipt notice [which has a receipt number on it] means you are selected in lottery.
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srb, where can I find that in case of the H1B a I-797C means that I am selected in the lottery? I haven’t find this in any official web page.

Thanks a lot.

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USCIS uses numerous types of Form I-797 to communicate with customers or convey an immigration benefit. Form I-797 is NOT a form you can fill out. [this is from the second link]…
This means they use I-797 to communicate or convey any immigration benefit… h1b is one of them… i know they use it to convey perm applications too…
If, on the I-797C u received , if notice type is receipt notice it means they are acknowledging your application. They acknowledge the applications which are selected in lottery as they are going to process them further.
u can search on uscis website… probably u can get data from 2008-2009

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=183f301458e49110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

I think in this article they mention that they send receipt notices for the applications selected in lottery.
Petitioners whose properly filed petitions have been selected for full adjudication should receive a receipt notice dated no later than June 2, 2008 [ from the article].
I could not find an article mentioning all this , this year. But assumption is they follow the same lottery process.