U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced both the federally mandated H-1B visa regular cap and master’s cap had been reached for fiscal year 2025. This means the agency will not be selecting additional registrations entered into the lottery earlier this year.

Key Points:

  • USCIS has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption (also known as the master’s cap) for FY 2025.
  • Non-selection notices will be sent to registrants through their online accounts. The status for properly submitted registrations not selected for the FY 2025 H-1B allocations will then show “Not selected — not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.”

Additional Information: USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions otherwise exempt from the cap. Such petitions include those filed for current H-1B workers to extend the time they may remain in the U.S., change their terms of employment, allow them to change employers or allow them to work concurrently in additional H-1B positions.

This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.

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