USCIS Confirms Receipt of Nearly 500,000 H-1B Cap Registrations for Fiscal Year 2023

Jonathan A. Grode

H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Completed

On Tuesday, March 29th, USCIS announced that they had received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). The Lottery was conducted as a random selection of properly submitted registrations and the myUSCIS Portal has been updated. Learn more in this blog.

Alert – USCIS Announces Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap Limit Reached

On Monday, February 28th, 2022 USCIS announced that it had received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach both the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for the fiscal year (FY) of 2022. Learn more in this blog.

Department of Homeland Security

On June 16th, 2021, reports from the European Union suggest that they will recommend that member countries remove restrictions on