{"id":2437,"date":"2025-12-31T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:11:06","slug":"dhs-announces-new-h-1b-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/dhs-announces-new-h-1b-selection-process\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Announces New H-1B Selection Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Visa-Resized-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1957\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Visa-Resized-01.png 800w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Visa-Resized-01-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Visa-Resized-01-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On December 23, 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it finalized its proposal to overhaul how US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for H-1B cap-subject petitions. The final rule replaces the random selection with a weighted, wage-level based selection,\u00a0effective February 27, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new rule prioritizes higher-paid foreign workers by giving them a greater chance of selection in the H-1B cap lottery, while still allowing entry-level workers to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ogletree Deakins:<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights-resources\/blog-posts\/dhs-announces-final-rule-establishing-weighted-selection-process-for-cap-subject-h-1b-petitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"DHS Announces Final Rule Establishing Weighted Selection Process for Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions\">DHS Announces Final Rule Establishing Weighted Selection Process for Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>USCIS:<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-changes-process-for-awarding-h-1b-work-visas-to-better-protect-american-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DHS Changes Process for Awarding H-1B Work Visas to Better Protect American Workers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 23, 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it finalized its proposal to overhaul how US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B registrations for H-1B cap-subject petitions. The final rule replaces the random selection with a weighted, wage-level based selection,\u00a0effective February 27, 2026.\u00a0 The new rule prioritizes higher-paid foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":1957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[96,268,328,39,329],"class_list":["post-2437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-dhs","tag-h-1b","tag-selection-process","tag-uscis","tag-wage-level-based-selection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}