USCIS Will Conduct a Second Lottery for Regular Cap H-1Bs (FY2025)

Immigration Updates

Today, USCIS announced that this year’s (FY2025) regular cap numerical allocation has not been fully used. USCIS will conduct a second lottery and notify employers with selected registrations. At the same time, USCIS has confirmed that the FY2025 master’s (advanced degree) cap will not be undergoing a second lottery, as they did receive sufficient applications to exhaust the numerical allocation for this year.

For more information, see: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-will-conduct-second-random-selection-for-regular-cap-from-previously-submitted-fy-2025-h-1b