Not Lottery, Not Luck: H-1B visas to go to highest-paid workers from 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has modified the regulations that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use to select H-1B registrations for the FY 2027 cap season petitions, and they will be published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2025.
The H-1B lottery system will be terminated and replaced by the new wage-based selection process on February 27, 2026. Therefore, for the FY 2027 H-1B cap registration season, the selection of beneficiaries will be determined under the new wage-based selection process.
