---
type: immigration-petition
category: immigration
person: Yanxin Lu
date: 2018
petition_type: H-1B (cap)
---

# H-1B Cap Petition - 2018 - Yanxin Lu

## Key Facts
- **Beneficiary**: Yanxin Lu (DOB: 10/17/1989, China)
- **Petitioner/Employer**: Facebook, Inc.
- **Filing Date**: 04/12/2018 (received by USCIS)
- **Approval Date**: 05/14/2018
- **Receipt/Case Number**: WAC1814652712
- **Case Type**: I-129 Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker
- **Validity Period**: 10/01/2018 to 07/25/2021
- **Status**: Approved (I-797B)
- **Job Title**: Software Engineer
- **Wage**: Not extracted from filing packet (DOC files are individual scanned pages)
- **Consulate**: Guangzhou
- **Attorney**: Derek Pennartz, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
- **Matter Number**: 91.13190

## Documents Included
- `DOC.pdf` - Filing cover letter / petition packet cover
- `DOC000.pdf` through `DOC021.pdf` - Scanned petition filing documents (22 pages, includes I-129, LCA, support letter, etc.)
- `baylor_transcript.pdf` - Baylor University transcript
- `diploma_rice_ms.pdf` - Rice University M.S. diploma
- `rice_transcript.pdf` - Rice University transcript
- `passport_new.pdf` - Current passport
- `passport_old.pdf` - Previous passport
- `i94.pdf` - I-94 arrival/departure record
- `sevis.PDF` - SEVIS record
- `i20_2010.PDF` through `i20_2018.pdf` - I-20 forms from 2010-2018 (7 files)
- `I-20 Request Lu, Yanxin.pdf` - I-20 request documentation
- `Lu, Yanxin old I-20s 2012 +.PDF` - Compiled old I-20s
- `Jiang-i20.pdf` - Dependent (Jiang) I-20
- `jiang-i94.pdf` - Dependent (Jiang) I-94
- **H-1B Approval Package/** (subdirectory):
  - `91.13190 H-1B Filing.pdf` - Complete H-1B filing packet (62 pages)
  - `PR H-1B Approval.pdf` - I-797B Approval Notice (2 pages)
  - `Dos Donts H-1B FB.pdf` - Facebook H-1B dos and don'ts memo
  - `USA - Visa-Instructions-With-Approved-I-129.pdf` - Visa application instructions

## Notable Details
- First H-1B petition (cap subject, new employment), filed by Facebook, Inc.
- Basis for classification: New employment (cap petition)
- Requested action: Notify consulate (Guangzhou) so beneficiary can obtain visa
- Petition was subject to FY2019 H-1B cap lottery
- Education: Doctorate in Computer and Information Sciences from Rice University (program 2012-2018); B.S. from Baylor University
- SEVIS ID: N0005300210
- Filing fees included: I-129 filing fee ($460), ACWIA fee ($1,500), H/L Fraud fee ($500) - checks dated 03/08/2018
- Attorney: Derek Pennartz, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP, Richardson, TX
- G-28 signed 02/24/2018