H-1B CAP

Who qualifies as Cap exempt in the H-1B lottery? We aim to clarify who and who doesn’t qualify for the H-1B lottery and how to how your organization might be able to create a more predictable talent funnel. As the number of applicants for H-1B lottery increases, finding alternative immigration strategies to fill talent gaps becomes increasingly important for growing teams. 

On Nov 19th, USCIS announced that they will be conducting a third round of selections from the previously submitted second round of H-1B registrations from July 2021. The new filing period will begin on November 22nd and will close on February 23, 2022.

On July 29th, USCIS announced that they will be conducting a second round of selections from the previously submitted H-1B registrations from March 2021. The new filing period will begin on August 2nd and will close on November 3rd.

On June 22nd, President Trump announced an expansion of his Executive Order on immigration from April 22nd that extends the suspension of green cards to new immigrants abroad, and will also halt the entry of temporary work visas in the H-1B, H-4, H-2B, L-1, L-2 and J categories through the end of the year.

Since the first Presidential Proclamation was issued on April 22, 2020, we have been waiting to understand what a possible expansion would look like for the non-immigrant visa program. While nothing is confirmed, here is some information from the American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA").

H-1B lottery results are in for this year. We break down the odds based on industry data released by USCIS.