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DHS seeks to end pure lottery in H-1B visa system
Currently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) runs a random electronic lottery among hundreds of thousands of registrations submitted each year
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Tue, 23, Sep 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS). / DHS
The Trump administration on Sept. 23 proposed overhauling the H-1B visa lottery, replacing the current random draw with a weighted system that gives higher odds to higher-paid and higher-skilled workers — a change officials say would better serve Congress’s intent for the program.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on Sept. 24, said the new process would “generally favour the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels”.
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