H-1B Registrations: US to conduct second round of lottery to select additional beneficiaries

USCIS has announced the need to select additional registrations for unique beneficiaries to reach the H-1B cap allocation, following an initial random selection in March. Currently, the congressionally annually mandated cap commonly known as the ‘regular cap’ of H-1B visas is 65,000.

The second round of selection for the regular cap will include previously submitted registrations that indicated eligibility for the master’s cap along with those that indicated only eligibility for the regular cap. Those with selected registrations will have their USCIS online accounts updated to include a selection notice, which includes details of when and where to file.