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Baker Donelson

USCIS Completes H-1B Cap Lottery for Fiscal Year 2026

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On July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced enough petitions have been received and the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

USCIS Announces That FY26 H-1B Cap Has Been Met

On July 18, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they received enough H-1B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated fiscal year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap of 85,000, including the master’s...more

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H-1B Registration Numbers for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Reveal an Increase in Selection Rate

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the selection numbers for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap, revealing a selection rate of approximately 35 percent compared to 29 percent in FY 2025....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

H-1B Cap Lottery Season Commences on March 7, 2025

Employers seeking to hire foreign professionals in H-1B status need to prepare for the registration process. The annual lottery season commences in early March, and the short filing period lasts little more than two weeks....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

USCIS Announces H-1B Lottery Registration Amid Recent Regulatory Changes to the H-1B Program

On February 5, 2025, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)  announced that the online H-1B lottery will take place from noon ET on March 7, 2025, until noon ET on March 24, 2025. USCIS expects to...more

Mintz

USCIS Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period for March 2025

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On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for the upcoming fiscal year will begin on Friday, March 7 at 12:00 pm...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Plan Now for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration: What Employers Need to Know

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap from March 7, 2024 to March 24, 2025. Employers seeking to register employees...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

H-1B lottery game plan: Best practices for HR teams

The H-1B cap registration and lottery for Fiscal Year 2026 is expected to begin in early March – only two months from now. Although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has not yet announced the exact registration...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Immigration by the Numbers: Key Stats on FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery and H-1B Alternatives  

With the second round of the H-1B cap lottery just completed, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has now released statistics for this year’s H-1B cap selections as well as statistics on H-1B...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS Will Conduct Second FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery

USCIS has announced that it will soon conduct a second round of H-1B cap lottery selection for fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap from the previously submitted registrations. USCIS has not indicated when the lottery will take...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

USCIS overhaul of H-1B process results in far fewer multiple registrations

Data from the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B registration process has recently been released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The data show that changes intended to reduce the number of multiple registrations for the...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

The FY 2025 H-1B Cap Has Been Reached! Now What?

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 1 that it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. Applicants...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Initial FY 2025 H-1B Cap Selection Process Completed

On April 1 , 2024, USCIS announced that it received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. A random selection (lottery) was conducted from the...more

Mayer Brown

United States: Important Updates for Employers Regarding the H1-B Visa Lottery for Professional Employees (Open From March 6 - 22,...

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To retain the best global talent, many US employers leverage the annual H-1B visa lottery to secure work authorization for new employees. It allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require a...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

USCIS Launches New Organizational Accounts Platform to Facilitate the H-1B Lottery Registration Process

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched its new organizational accounts platform which allows multiple individuals within an organization, as well as their legal representatives, to collaborate...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Dual Announcements From USCIS: Pre-Registration Filing Period For H-1B Petitions & Significant Increase in Filing Fees Goes Into...

On January 30, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the pre-registration filing period for the 2025 Fiscal Year H-1B cap submissions will take place from March 6, 2024, at noon ET to noon...more

Cozen O'Connor

FY2025 H-1B Lottery Registration Begins

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On January 30, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the FY2025 H-1B Cap Lottery will open at noon Eastern Time (EST) on March 6, 2024, and run through noon...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Annual H-1B Cap Lottery: An Overview

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Once again, the H-1B cap filing season is upon us. The H-1B is a popular U.S. work visa available to highly skilled foreign nationals who are offered a qualifying position by an employer. This visa is also known as a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Upcoming 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Registration Period Opens in March

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This Holland & Knight alert details the upcoming 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Registration Period and related procedures. The registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon EST on March 1, 2023, and run...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Dates Announced

USCIS announced that the initial electronic registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap season will run from noon Eastern on March 1 through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FY 2024 Cap H-1B Registration Period Is Fast Approaching

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will soon announce the fiscal year 2024 H-1B registration period. This is an important time of the year for employers wishing to sponsor a candidate for a cap...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Annual H-1B Visa Lottery Opened on March 1, 2022

For employers who need to hire foreign national talent for STEM or other hard-to-fill positions, an important immigration deadline is around the corner. The electronic H-1B lottery application window started on March 1 and...more

McAfee & Taft

H-1B Lottery: If you don’t register, you can’t play

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The virtual transaction takes place: $10 in exchange for a string of randomly selected numbers and a chance at the “American Dream.” Regardless of how you define the “American Dream,” at its core is freedom and opportunity....more

McAfee & Taft

H-1B visa lottery season now open until March 18

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It’s the lottery that can pay dividends for U.S. employers and foreign nationals. Today marks the official opening of the H-1B lottery season. This is the time in which employers who seek to hire or retain foreign national...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

H-1B Cap Registration Begins on March 1, 2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting electronic registrations for H-1B candidates, subject to the annual quota, beginning on noon Eastern on March 1, 2022. The registration...more

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