USCIS 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 have not been 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.
The deadline for filing H-1B cap subject petitions online, based on a valid registration selection notice, was June 30, 2024. Because June 30 fell on a Sunday, consistent with USCIS policy, USCIS considered properly filed paper H-1B cap subject petitions received at a USCIS Lockbox Facility on July 1, 2024, as timely filed (i.e., USCIS considered the paper-filed H-1B petitions to have been received on June 30).
USCIS had extended the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. The initial registration period, which opened at noon Eastern on March 6, 2024, and was originally scheduled to run through noon Eastern on March 22, ran through noon Eastern on March 25, 2024.
The H-1B program allows companies and other employers in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor’s degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent. H-1B specialty occupations may include fields such as architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts
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. H-1B petitions can be portable from one job to another.
However, USCIS has taken several steps to benefit the current H-1B visa holder. 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.
The Karnataka 2nd PUC Result 2025 will be declared in April, but the exact date is not confirmed yet. Over 6 lakh students took the exam from March 1 to 20, 2025. The results will be published on the official website and can also be accessed through DigiLocker and SMS services.=
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