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 – 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