The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced changes to the H-1B visa process on Dec. 23, marking the latest action in the Trump Administration’s immigration reforms.
Going into effect on Feb. 27, 2026, and set to be in place for the 2027 fiscal year H-1B cap registration season, the DHS will be implementing a “weighted selection process” intended to rein in the current random lottery system and prioritize higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign nationals.
Officials said this move is intended to further protect opportunities for American workers. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stated in its press release that the current random selection process allowed U.S. employers to exploit the system by “flooding the selection pool with lower-skilled foreign workers paid at low wages, to the detriment of the American workforce.”…