H-1B lottery/random selection

Rajiv's Article - Decoder: Could multiple H-1B lottery petitions be filed for the same employee? - The Economic Times

4 years ago By Chief Editor

Published by: The Economic Times - Date: March 03, 2021

Synopsis

Often, multiple employers are competing to hire the same employee. It is obviously in the best interest of an employee to have multiple filings because that increases their chances of being selected in the electronic selection system (lottery). And equally obviously, this could amount to an abuse of the system if there were no checks on multiple filings.

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Rajiv's Article - This year's H-1B lottery: The Trump legacy of chaos must end - The Economic Times

5 years ago By Chief Editor

Published by: The Economic Times - Date: January 07, 2021

Synopsis

For this year (FY 2021-22), the USCIS has attempted to change the lottery selection process to favor the highest paid employees first. That change is embodied in a proposed regulation, which can be published as a final rule any time.

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H Visa Services and Fees

8 years ago By admin

Fee schedule for H-1 classification (USCIS requires all filing fees to be paid EITHER via ACH Transaction or Credit card)

Note: For governmental Requests For Evidence (RFEs), we charge extra based upon the complexity of the issue(s)

Nonimmigrant Visas

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H-1 Lottery Over

12 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

We have just received our first H-1 quota receipt notice. That indicates the H-1 lottery is concluded.

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H-1B Quota 2026

1 day ago By admin

Although precise dates and processes for this year are not yet clear, we recommend planning and initiating the H-1B lottery registration now to ensure it is ready to submit when registrations open in March 2026.

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Rajiv's Comments in Financial Express - My H-1B approved but stuck in a 34-month queue’, Attorney shares legal fixes for missing form I-824

1 day ago By Chief Editor

Published by: Financial Express - January 8, 2026
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-my-h-1b-approved-but-stuck-in-a-34-month-queue-attorney-shares-legal-fixes-for-missing-form-i-824-4100306/

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DHS Changes Process for Awarding H-1B Work Visas to Better Protect American Workers

5 days ago By Chief Editor

Release Date

12/23/2025

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security is amending regulations governing the H-1B work visa selection process to prioritize the allocation of visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens to better protect the wages, working conditions, and job opportunities for American workers. The new rule replaces the random lottery for selecting visa recipients with a process that gives greater weight to those with higher skills.

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The New H-1B Weighted Lottery: What Employers and Employees Must Know

2 weeks ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

December 23, 2025

Executive Summary

The Department of Homeland Security has finalized regulations that fundamentally change how H-1B cap registrations will be selected, effective for the FY 2027 lottery (registration opening around March 2026). Under the new weighted selection process, registrations for higher-paid workers will have significantly better chances of selection than those for lower-paid workers.

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USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Cap

5 months ago By Chief Editor

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach 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 fiscal year 2026.

USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, are exempt from the FY 2026 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to: