Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AD01 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking To File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing the process by which USCIS selects H-1B registrations for the filing of H-1B petitions subject to the numerical limitations under INA section 214(g), or the way in which USCIS selects H-1B petitions for any year in which the registration requirement is suspended. Under the proposal, all registrations (or petitions, if applicable) would be weighted to generally favor beneficiaries whose proffered wages correspond to higher Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics wage levels. The proposed rule would retain beneficiary-centric selection of registrations. The proposed rule would not affect the order of selection between the regular cap and the advanced degree exemption, and would not alter the prevailing wage level associated with a given position for U.S. Department of Labor purposes.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Fully or Partially Exempt 8 CFR 214.2(h) 6 U.S.C. 101 6 U.S.C. 112 6 U.S.C. 202 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) 8 U.S.C 1103(a) 8 U.S.C. 1182(n) 8 U.S.C. 1182(p) 8 U.S.C 1184(a), (c), (g), and (i ) ... No NPRM 08/00/2025 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No Paul Buono Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009