India, July 18 -- The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the H-1B visa cap for the 2027 fiscal year.

In a statement, the agency said: "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master's cap, for fiscal year 2027."

USCIS also highlighted that under the Presidential Proclamation titled Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, issued on September 19, 2025, the issuance of H-1B visas remains restricted unless the petition is accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000.

The res...