USCIS reaches fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received a sufficient number of petitions needed 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 2024.

According to a USCIS news release yesterday, it said it will send non-selection notices to registrants through their online accounts over the next few days.

“When we finish sending these non-selection notifications, the status for properly submitted registrations that we did not select for the [fiscal year] 2024 H-1B numerical allocations will show: Not Selected: Not selected—not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration,” it said.

USCIS said it 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 fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap.

USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:

• Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;

• Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;

• Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and

• Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in additional H-1B positions.

U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. (USCIS)

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