U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) announced that it received
483,927 fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B registrations in March 2022,
which is a new record. Of the registrations received for FY 2023
consideration, USCIS selected 127,600 registrations for which a
complete FY 2023 H-1B petition may be submitted. That number is
56.8% higher than the total number of 87,500 registrations that
USCIS selected for the first FY 2022 H-1B cap lottery last
year.
Overview
While the annual numerical limit on H-1B cap-subject petitions
is a total of 85,000, USCIS can consider multiple factors to
determine how many registrations it will accept each year. The
agency looks at historical data related to approvals, denials,
revocations and other relevant factors to determine the number of
accepted petitions it needs to reach the H-1B cap every fiscal
year.
