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Green card lottery paused in US amid H-1B row: What it means for Indians
Editor’s Note: Thinking about studying abroad? Check out our complete country-wise guide on courses, costs, scholarships, top universities, and careers here. In a dramatic shift in US immigration policy, the Trump administration has…
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USCIS Implements Wage Based H-1B Visa Distribution System for FY 2027 | CDF Labor Law LLP
On December 29, 2025 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) published regulations in the Federal Register changing the allocation of H-1B visas for Federal Fiscal Year 2027. H-1B visas are available for…
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H-1B Visa Lottery Selections Rise Due to Decreased Applications
A decline in H-1B visa applications has led to increased selection rates for the programme, benefiting high-skilled foreign workers in the US. US companies have reported a significant increase in selection rates in…
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Projected Effects of the New (March 2026) H-1B Visa Lottery | Penn Wharton Budget Model
A follow-up companion brief explores how firms might strategically respond to the new DHS H-1B selection rule, thereby reducing its impact by 42 percent. DOWNLOAD DATA Main Points Allocation mechanisms compared: We consider…
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Map shows where H-1B hires are concentrated, as visa lottery opens with new rules
Today is the start of the annual H-1B lottery, and this year’s process could look very different under the Trump administration’s restrictive new rules. H-1B represents the largest visa pool for people hoping…
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It’s H-1B Lottery Time, But With Big Changes for Employers This Year | ArentFox Schiff
This year, employers must register all their prospective H-1B employees into the lottery between March 4 through 19. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) caps the number of H-1B’s they issue each…
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Trump Administration to Abandon Random H-1B Visa Lottery
Currently, U.S. companies vie for the limited visas every year in a purely random lottery.Under the new rule, however, applicants at the highest wage level will receive four entries, those in the next…
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USCIS Releases New Form I-129 Ahead of FY 2027 H-1B Wage-Weighted Lottery
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services quietly dropped a new edition of Form I-129 on March 10, giving employers less than three weeks to learn the paperwork before cap-subject H-1B petitions may be filed…
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The Impact of Higher Prevailing Wages on the H-1B Visa Lottery | Penn Wharton Budget Model
An updated version of this analysis is available. A revised version was published on April 23, 2026, with refined estimates of the strategic-reclassification offset and other corrections. Please read the updated version instead.…
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FY 2027 H-1B Cap Update: Lottery results released, filing period has begun! | JD Supra
What employers need to know. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has confirmed that it received enough electronic registrations to meet the numerical H-1B cap for Fiscal Year 2027. This includes the advanced…
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