The US Department of Homeland Security and USCIS are set to revise the H-1B visa issuance process. A regulatory notice invites comments on a proposed rule aiming for a weighted selection system for applicants. This change seeks to favor those meeting specific criteria, likely enhancing skill-based selection. The H-1B program allows skilled workers to come to the US, having reached its Fiscal 2026 cap. Critics argue the program undermines US workers and highlights the disparity between American graduates in technology and visa allocations to foreign workers.
In 2023, American colleges graduated 134,153 citizens or green card holders with bachelor's or master's degrees in computer science. That same year, our federal government handed out 200,000 H-1B visas.”
The H-1B visa program, which reached its Fiscal 2026 cap on Friday, allows skilled guest workers to come work in the US, with about 600,000 H-1B workers in the US as of 2019.
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