New Delhi, July 18 -- The United States has officially reached the H-1B visa cap for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) noting it has received enough petitions to fill all 85,000 available visa slots. And, hence, there will be no second H-1B lottery for FY2027.

Employers whose registrations were selected in the initial H-1B lottery were required to file complete petitions by June 30, 2026. Approved beneficiaries under this cap will be eligible to begin employment in the US from October 1, 2026, the first day of FY2027.

This comes after USCIS announced in May that 211,600 H-1B registrations were properly submitted for FY2027, down 38.5% from 343,981 registrations received for FY2026.

The FY20...