H-1B Lottery Proposal Floats Higher Wage-Based Selections (1)

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed changing next year’s lottery for H-1B specialty occupation visas from the current random selection process to one based on an individual’s wages.

The agency announced late Wednesday that a coming proposed rule would prioritize the selection of H-1B registrations or petitions based on the highest corresponding wage levels, which are divided into four tiers. The agency said the new selection process “is a better way to allocate H-1Bs when demand exceeds supply.” There’s an annual cap of 85,000 such visas.

Nearly 275,000 registrations were submitted for the FY 2021 H-1B lottery, the ...