H-1B Cap season update: no second round of H-1B lottery for FY2027

Written By Iandoli Desai & Cronin

On July 17, 2026, USCIS announced that it had received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated 65,000 regular H-1B cap and 20,000 U.S. master's degree cap for federal government fiscal year 2027-2028. Therefore, USCIS will not run a second round of the H-1B cap lottery this year. See the USCIS announcement here.

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