USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap

On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had 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 the fiscal year (FY) 2025.

USCIS will send non-selection notices to registrants as required to their online accounts. Once all notifications are sent, the status for properly submitted registrations that were not selected for the FY 2025 H-1B numerical allocations will show as “Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.”

Furthermore, USCIS will accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions that were filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted against the cap previously, and who still retain their cap number, are exempt from the FY 2025 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to process petitions filed to:

• Extend the amount of time that a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;
• Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
• Allow current-1B workers to change employers; and
• Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in additional H-1B positions.

For those whose H-1B registrations were not selected, we do advise the employers to contact our office so we can discuss your specific case, and we can advise you on any potential options for the non-selected candidates.

Additionally, for readers who have any questions about the H-1B worker program or any specific questions about your case, we recommend you contact our office to schedule a consultation to discuss your matter with our experience attorneys at Pasricha & Patel, LLC. To schedule a consultation, please visit: Book a Consultation | Law Firm New York, Edison | Immigration Attorneys