{"id":981995,"date":"2025-12-24T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=981995"},"modified":"2025-12-24T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:08:13","slug":"dhs-replaces-h-1b-random-lottery-selection-priority-will-now-be-given-to-those-earning-higher-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/12\/24\/dhs-replaces-h-1b-random-lottery-selection-priority-will-now-be-given-to-those-earning-higher-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS replaces H-1B random lottery selection, priority will now be given to those earning higher wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has moved to overhaul the H-1B work visa selection process, replacing the long-standing random lottery with a system that gives preference to higher-paid and more highly skilled foreign workers, a shift the Trump administration states is aimed at protecting American wages and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>This rule, together with the imposition of the $ 100,000 entry-fee for new H-1B applications and the proposed hike in wages will make it more challenging for companies to recruit overseas employees under the H-1B visa program \u2013 this is not good news for those pursuing the American dream. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has moved to overhaul the H-1B work visa selection process, replacing the long-standing random lottery with a system that gives preference to higher-paid and more highly skilled foreign workers, a shift the Trump administration states is aimed at protecting American wages and jobs. This rule, together with the imposition of the $ 100,000 entry-fee for new H-1B applications and the proposed hike in wages will make it more challenging for companies to recruit overseas employees under the H-1B visa program \u2013 this is not good news for those pursuing the American dream.<\/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-981995","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\/981995","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=981995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}