US Immigration Department says it has reached 65,000 H-1B visa cap for 2023

In a statement, USCIS said: "USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed 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 (FY) 2023."

The department said it has completed sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts.

The status for registrations properly submitted for the FY 2023 H-1B numerical allocations, but that were not selected, will now show:

Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.

"We will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap," read the statement.

Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, are exempt from the FY 2023 H-1B cap.

The department said it will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:

Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;

Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;

Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and

Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in additional H-1B positions.