USCIS Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B Cap Reached

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap.

USCIS conducted its initial  H-1B cap lottery in March 2024, and employers with selected registrations had a 90-day window during to file H-1B cap petitions for designated beneficiaries. USCIS conducted an additional lottery and has received enough petitions to reach the mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 visas for advanced degree holders. There will be no third lottery.

WHAT EMPLOYERS CAN EXPECT
Employers may expect that over the next few days, USCIS will update non-selected registrants’ online accounts to change the status of pending FY 2025 registrations from “Submitted” to “Not Selected.”

PETITIONS NOT SUBJECT TO THE H-1B CAP
USCIS will continue to accept and process H-1B petitions that are not subject to the cap. These include filings for extensions of status, amended petitions, changes of employer, concurrent employment for existing H-1B workers, and petitions filed by organizations that are cap-exempt.

If you have any questions about this alert, please contact your Gibney representative or email info@gibney.com.