USCIS recently announced that the agency received enough H-1B 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 has been slow in issuing the non-selection notices to registrants through their online accounts over the last few days. When USCIS finishes sending the non-selection notifications, the online status for registrations that were not selected 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. 

If you filed for last year’s H-1B lottery and did not receive a selection, please reach out to one of Fox Rothschild’s Immigration lawyers to discuss registration in FY 2026’s H-1B lottery.

Mr. Harley is a Partner in the Immigration Practice Group at Fox Rothschild LLP.  Mr. Harley’s practice covers the United States and Consulates worldwide.  Mr. Harley is based in our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office.  He can be reached at mharley@foxrothschild.com or at 412-391-2418.