US Citizenship and Immigration Services adopts wage-based selection for FY 2027
Employer immigration teams must prioritise higher-wage, higher-skill H‑1B petitions
Change
US Citizenship and Immigration Services completed FY-2027 cap selection and implemented a wage-and-skill priority model that gives selection preference to higher-paid, higher-skilled petitions.
Why it matters
USCIS completed both the regular and advanced-degree selection lotteries for FY-2027. Prospective petitioners whose beneficiaries were selected have been notified and are eligible to file cap-subject petitions.
Implications
- — Employer immigration teams at US companies with selected beneficiaries must file cap-subject petitions immediately — failure to file prevents the selected beneficiary from proceeding under the FY-2027 cap.
- — Recruiting and compensation teams at US technology companies must raise or document salary offers for future petitions before the next selection cycle — petitions tied to lower-wage filings will have lower selection priority under the wage-based model.
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