USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap

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USCIS announced on December 2, 2024, that it has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2025. 

USCIS will send non-selection notices to registrants through their online accounts over the next few days. When USCIS finishes sending these non-selection notifications, the status for properly submitted registrations that we did not select for the FY 2025 H-1B numerical allocations will show: 

  • Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration. 

USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, are exempt from the FY 2025 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to: 

  • Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States; 

  • Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers; 

  • Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and 

  • Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in additional H-1B positions.