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After the registration period closes, USCIS conducts the lottery and notifies selected registrants. For instance, in the FY 2025 cycle, the first round of selections occurred on March 29, 2024. Employers with selected registrations have a specified period, typically 90 days, to submit complete H-1B petitions ( Form I-129 ) for their beneficiaries.
USCIS said one person submitted bids for 83 job offers in 2022. ... “A system meant to help administer the H1B lottery process has instead become a source of frustration and disappointment ...
Tenrec v. USCIS, colloquially known as the H-1B Lottery Lawsuit, was a class action lawsuit brought against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, challenging the lottery process used to decide which cap-subject H-1B Form I-129 petitions to adjudicate in case more petitions were received than the cap for the fiscal year.
Just over 386,000 H-1B applications were approved in the 2023 fiscal year (October 2022-September 2023), the latest year we have full data for, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
The majority of H-1B visa applicants come from India, whose citizens account for more than seven in 10 recipients, according to a USCIS report. One in 10 comes from China, with the remainder ...
In addition to immigration sponsored by a U.S. family member or employer, about 55,000 immigrant visas are available each year to natives of certain countries under the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery.
Overall, more than 30,000 employers across the US had at least one H-1B visa petition approved in 2024, and over half of those new petitions went to employers that filed 20 or fewer applications.
The first 20,000 H-1B beneficiaries who have earned a master's degree or higher from a U.S. institution of higher education are not subject to the annual congressionally mandated H-1B visa cap of 65,000. After those 20,000 slots are filled, USCIS is required to count thosecases against the cap for the remainder of the fiscal year. [5]