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The United States has completed its H-1B visa selection for the fiscal year 2025, and selected candidates are being notified, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday...
"Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B cap petitioners: random selections have been made and notifications are being sent to myUSCIS accounts beginning yesterday and continuing over the next few days prior to April 1," the immigration agency said in a post on social media platform X...
The intial registration period for FY25 was originally announced from March 6 to March 22..
The demand for H-1B visas consistently surpasses the annual cap of 85,000, leading USCIS to utilize a lottery system to select recipients..
Starting next month, USCIS will initiate the transition of the H-1B Form I-129 filing location to a lockbox, necessitating all paper-based petitions to be sent to USCIS lockbox facilities..
