{"id":1001252,"date":"2026-04-04T11:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1001252"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:05:26","slug":"uscis-announces-h-1b-selection-process-for-fy2027-completed-starting-april-1-petitions-that-can-be-filed-are-those-eligible-for-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/04\/uscis-announces-h-1b-selection-process-for-fy2027-completed-starting-april-1-petitions-that-can-be-filed-are-those-eligible-for-advanced\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS announces H-1B selection process for FY2027 completed, starting April 1 petitions that can be filed are those eligible for advanced &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has completed the initial selection process for the FY 2027 H-1B visa cap adding that only selected beneficiaries can apply from April 1, 2026. The agency confirmed that it has received enough registrations to meet the annual limit, including the advanced degree exemption. Employers of selected candidates have been notified and can now move to the petition stage. USCIS said the filing window will open in April, marking the next step for applicants who were chosen in the lottery process. USCIS said, \u201cH-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2027\u2026 may be filed with USCIS beginning April 1, 2026, if filed for a selected beneficiary and based on a valid registration.\u201d The agency added, \u201cOnly petitioners with registrations for selected beneficiaries may file H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has completed the initial selection process for the FY 2027 H-1B visa cap adding that only selected beneficiaries can apply from April 1, 2026. The agency confirmed that it has received enough registrations to meet the annual limit, including the advanced degree exemption. Employers of selected candidates have been notified and can now move to the petition stage. USCIS said the filing window will open in April, marking the next step for applicants who were chosen in the lottery process. USCIS said, \u201cH-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2027\u2026 may be filed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1001252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}