On December 23, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new weighted H-1B selection regulation, which is expected to go into effect on February 27, 2026. This new regulation, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has proposed a fundamental change to how H‑1B visas are allocated, replacing the existing random lottery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DHS Ends H-1B Lottery For Weighted Priority Image by Jack_the_sparowShutterstock The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...

Our Immigration Team reviews the Department of Homeland Security’s new weighted H-1B visa lottery system designed to encourage employers to recruit higher-skilled workers. The lottery is still random, ...

The commencement date for the H-1B cap season 2027 is approaching. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the opening and closing dates for the initial registration period ...

NEW DELHI: After US President Donald Trump's proposal to impose a $100,000 entry fee on new H-1B visa applications, the American Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a major overhaul of ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making a significant change to the H-1B visa selection process, implementing a wage-based weighted lottery system aimed at favoring higher-paid and ...

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 ...

After the $100,000 H-1B fee hike blow, will the new proposed system for selecting visa applicants under the Donald Trump administration bode a death knell for the Indian IT sector? Not necessarily, ...

The US will replace its random H-1B visa lottery with a weighted system favoring higher-paid, higher-skilled workers from February 2026, impacting many Indian professionals. Critics say wage-based ...

H-1B work visa selection update: In a matter of bad news for the Indians willing to go to the US for work purposes, the Trump Administration has announced sweeping changes to the H-1B work visa ...