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H-1B Lottery Overhaul: Wage-Based Selection Starts in 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has finalized a major overhaul of how H-1B visas are selected, replacing the random lottery system with a weighted, wage-based system that prioritizes higher-paid and higher-skilled workers.…
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H-1B visa lottery system being replaced as DHS prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers
Washington — The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. The change follows…
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United States – Allison Ahern Fillo Presents On BBA Webinar, “Not Selected In The Lottery? Visa Options Beyond The H-1B Cap”
DM Davis Malm & D’Agostine More Founded in 1979, Davis Malm is a premier full-service, Boston-based business law firm that represents local, national and global businesses, institutions and individuals in a wide spectrum…
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Frisco EB-5 Consultants Market $800,000 Investor Visa As H-1B Lottery Escape Route
Investment and immigration firms are increasingly marketing a high-cost investor visa as a way to bypass the uncertainty of the H-1B lottery, even as the program has a history of fraud and security…
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2026 H-1B Cap Pre-Registration Opens March 4 with Lottery Selection Changes | JD Supra
This year’s H-1B Pre-Registration Filing Period will run from March 4 to March 19, 2026. The registration fee is $215.00. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa is one of the most highly utilized and sought-after…
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USCIS Reports 38 Percent Drop in H1B Visa Applications
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Thursday, May 21, 2026, that H-1B visa applications for the fiscal year 2027 allocation fell by 38.5 percent following major structural changes to the selection process.…
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Winners and losers are emerging in Trump’s new H-1B visa landscape
The H-1B visa has always created winners and losers. Every spring, the government runs a lottery for 85,000 new visas. Last fiscal year, nearly half a million people put their names in. This…
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USCIS Sets FY-2027 H-1B Cap Registration for March 4–19 and Introduces Weighted Lottery, Possible $100K Fee
In a notice published January 30, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed that the FY 2027 H-1B cap registration portal will open at noon Eastern on March 4 and close at noon on…
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US H-1B lottery results trigger fresh scramble for visa appointments in India
Minutes after USCIS began releasing FY-2027 H-1B lottery results on 27 March 2026, Indian applicants flooded the r/USVisaIndians subreddit with the same anxious question: “How do we get stamping slots?” The community-compiled spreadsheet…
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FY 2027 H-1B Visa Lottery Updates: Wage-Based Weighted Selection Process and $100,000 Fee
The H-1B cap season for fiscal year 2027 will see major changes, including the introduction of a wage-based weighted selection system and the continued $100,000 visa fee to be imposed on certain H-1B…
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