The CIS still has not released any information regarding the number of H1b applications received to date.  Both the California Service Center and the Vermont Service Center have issued some receipt notices for cases subject to the H1b quota cap despite the fact that they stated prior to 4-1-08 that they would not be issuing any H1b receipts for H1b cap-subject cases until after the H1b lottery is run.  The assumption is that these H1b receipt notices have been issued in error, because the H1b receipt notices were issued prior to 4/7/08 [if the H1b cap is reached in any of the first 5 days of the H1b filing period, all of the H1b applications received in the first 5 days will be included in the H1b lottery----and clearly prior to 4/7/08, the CIS would not know if the H1b cases for which they are sending out receipt notices will be subject to the H1b lottery].