The United States announced that it has collected a sufficient number of applications to hit the yearly H-1B visa limit for the 2027 fiscal year. On Friday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services stated, "[US] has received enough petitions to reach congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and 20,000 H-1B visa US advanced degree exemption, known as master's cap." The US fiscal year is set to conclude on September 30, 2027.