{"id":1010321,"date":"2026-05-27T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1010321"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:12:09","slug":"us-immigration-authority-this-years-h-1b-season-is-wrapping-up-here-are-three-key-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/27\/us-immigration-authority-this-years-h-1b-season-is-wrapping-up-here-are-three-key-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"US immigration authority: This year\u2019s H-1B season is wrapping up; here are three key highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US immigration authorities have now shared the latest update of the H-1B visa season. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that this year\u2019s H-1B visa season is coming to close, highlighting significant changes under new immigration policies. Officials said that the program is showing \u2018great results\u2019 from measures that prioritise higher-skilled foreign workers while curbing low-wage registrations. USCIS posted the update on its social media account. In a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), USCIS revealed that 71.5% of selected applicants hold a U.S. master\u2019s degree or higher, compared to 57% last year. The agency further stressed that more approvals going to candidates with advanced degrees and higher salaries, particularly those who studied ay American universities. This shift reflects a stronger focus on attracting highly skilled talent to support US industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US immigration authorities have now shared the latest update of the H-1B visa season. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that this year\u2019s H-1B visa season is coming to close, highlighting significant changes under new immigration policies. Officials said that the program is showing \u2018great results\u2019 from measures that prioritise higher-skilled foreign workers while curbing low-wage registrations. USCIS posted the update on its social media account. In a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), USCIS revealed that 71.5% of selected applicants hold a U.S. master\u2019s degree or higher, compared to 57% last year. The agency [&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-1010321","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\/1010321","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=1010321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010322,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010321\/revisions\/1010322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}