United States: 128,976 employers in the official sponsor data

Work routes and salary floors

• H-1B (specialty occupation)
  Bachelor's degree role with an employer that files for you. Capped at 85,000 new visas a year by a lottery that, from FY2027, is weighted toward higher wage levels. A $100,000 payment for certain new petitions was proclaimed in September 2025; see the fee page for its current legal status.no fixed floor
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• H-1B with a cap-exempt employer
  Universities, their affiliated nonprofits, and nonprofit or government research organisations can file H-1Bs at any time of year with no lottery. The proclamation has no stated carve-out for them.no fixed floor
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• E-3 (Australian citizens)
  Specialty occupation visa for Australians only. 10,500 a year and rarely exhausted, no lottery, renewable. Not named in the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• H-1B1 (Chile and Singapore citizens)
  Specialty occupation visa set aside for citizens of Chile (1,400 a year) and Singapore (5,400 a year). No lottery in practice. Not named in the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• TN (Canadian and Mexican citizens)
  For citizens of Canada and Mexico in a listed USMCA profession. No cap and no lottery. Not named in the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• OPT and STEM OPT (after a US degree)
  Work authorisation tied to F-1 student status: 12 months, plus 24 more for STEM degrees with an E-Verify employer. A later change of status to H-1B from inside the US is outside the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• O-1 (extraordinary ability)
  For people with sustained national or international acclaim. No cap, no lottery, no degree requirement. Not named in the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• L-1 (intracompany transfer)
  Transfer to a US office after at least one continuous year with the same company abroad, as a manager, executive or specialised-knowledge worker. Not named in the $100,000 proclamation.no fixed floor
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• Employer-sponsored green card (PERM)
  Permanent residence through an employer. The employer first proves no US worker is available (PERM). Waits depend heavily on country of birth; for India they run to many years.no fixed floor
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