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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that H-1B registrations for the FY2027 cap season will open at noon Eastern on March 4, 2026, and will run through noon Eastern on March 19, 2026. The USCIS...more
The following information updates the initial alert distributed on January 13, 2026. USCIS has provided additional information regarding the timing of the H-1B cap lottery for the FY 2027 registration season....more
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 temporary work...more
Employers have a month to prepare for the FY 2027 H-1B cap lottery to open – and you should be aware of upcoming deadlines and significant changes this year. The H-1B visa program allows US employers to hire highly skilled...more
On January 30, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the initial registration period for the 2027 H-1B cap lottery. The registration period will open at noon (ET) on March 4, 2026, and will close...more
On Jan. 30, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 4 and run through noon Eastern on March 19,...more
On January 30, 2026, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for the upcoming fiscal year will begin on Wednesday, March 4, at 12:00 noon ET and...more
With the fiscal year 2027 H-1B cap lottery registration expected to open in March 2026, participating employers should start preparing for the registration due to significant changes in the cap H-1B lottery system. The U.S....more
For global investors seeking a stable pathway to U.S. permanent residence, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program remains one of the most powerful options available. However, under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a final rule that changes how H-1B cap-subject visa registrations, also known as the H-1B visa lottery, are selected. Starting with the fiscal year 2027 H-1B...more
The H-1B Cap filing season will likely look very different this coming spring. Employers must consider additional factors for filing H-1B lottery cases, including preparing for the new wage-based weighted system of H-1B cap...more
The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program, which is the United States’ largest employment-based temporary immigration pathway, was created to authorize the temporary employment of foreign workers to perform high-skilled labor in...more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule establishing a weighted, wage‑level–based selection process for H‑1B cap registrations. This change will apply to the FY 2027 H‑1B cap registration period,...more
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 petitions....more
The fiscal year (FY) 2027 H‑1B cap lottery is expected to open in March 2026. Once the registration window closes, which is anticipated in mid-March, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will select registrations...more
Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in January 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates...more
The Trump administration announced key business immigration policy changes in the last weeks of 2025. These developments build on prior announcements involving the “Trump Gold Card” program offering a high-cost path to...more
As employers prepare for the FY 2027 H-1B cap season and the associated H-1B lottery in March 2026, two distinct developments are expected to shape strategy and outcomes...more
The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its final regulation (to be published on Dec. 29), replacing the random H-1B Cap Lottery process by a new Weighted Wage Selection process, to “generally favor the allocation...more
On December 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule amending the H-1B cap process. Congress mandates an annual cap for new H-1B visas each fiscal year, including 20,000 H-1B visas for...more
On Dec. 23, the Trump administration announced plans to replace the random H-1B lottery with a weighted selection system prioritizing registrations tied to higher wages and advanced skills, rather than selecting petitions...more
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...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just finalized a change to the H-1B visa program to officially replace the traditional random lottery with a wage-weighted selection system. The rule, released Tuesday and expected to...more
DHS has announced a final rule that replaces the usual randomized selection lottery H-1B cap selection process for one favoring higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign professionals. The “Weighted Selection Process for...more
Foreign nationals and their sponsoring US employers eagerly await the monthly release of the US Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin, to confirm when they will be eligible to apply for permanent residence in the US: the...more