USCIS completed its H-1B CAP registration lottery and all of those employers with registrations selected in the lottery have been notified. USCIS announced that nearly 275,000 unique registrations were submitted during the initial registration period. Roughly 46% of all registrations were for prospective beneficiaries with U.S. advanced degrees. 275,000 registrations is more than three times the H-1B annual limit of 85,000. Nearly 81% of submitted registrations were for potential beneficiaries from India (67.7%) and China (13.2%).
