USCIS Provides Statistics on Employers and Beneficiaries for FY 2025 H-1B Cap Initial Registration

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Following up on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) previous announcement that it had received enough electronic registrations for unique beneficiaries during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year 2025 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap), USCIS reported several statistics in an email blast.

Key Takeaways:

  • USCIS selected 114,017 beneficiaries, resulting in 120,603 selected registrations in the initial selection for the FY 2025 H-1B cap.

  • During the registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap, there was a significant decrease in the total number of registrations submitted as compared to FY 2024, including a decrease in the number of registrations submitted on behalf of beneficiaries with multiple registrations.

  • The number of unique beneficiaries this year for FY 2025 (approx. 442,000) was comparable to the number last year for FY 2024 (approx. 446,000).

  • The number of unique employers this year for FY 2025 (approx. 52,700) was also comparable to the number last year for FY 2024 (approx. 52,000).

  • The number of eligible registrations, however, was down dramatically for FY 2025 (470,342) compared with FY 2024 (758,994) — a 38.6% reduction.

  • Overall, there was an average of 1.06 registrations per beneficiary this year in FY 2025 compared to 1.70 for FY 2024.

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