Options When Employees Are Not Selected for the H-1B Cap Lottery: The Luck of the Draw



The registration window for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B cap lottery closed on March 18, 2022, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is expected to notify registrants of the selection results by M arch 31, 2022. With demand expected to exceed the number of H-1B visas available, what options remain for foreign national employees who are not selected in the lottery? In this podcast, Katherine MacIlwaine and Katie Desmond address this question and explain the requirements for qualifying for other types of employment-based visas.