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For fiscal year FY 2023, annual H-1B quota for 85,000 H-1Bs was met. On October 1, 2022, those that were approved as change-of-status petitions went into effect. To obtain H-1B status for first time, foreign national must go through H-1B quota process and lottery system.

For fiscal year (FY) 2023, the annual H-1B quota for 85,000 H-1Bs was met as of August 23, 2022, and on October 1, 2022, those H-1Bs that were approved as change-of-status petitions went into effect.