{"id":5024,"date":"2026-01-03T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:20:07","slug":"trump-administration-moves-to-overhaul-how-h-1b-visas-are-granted-ending-lottery-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/03\/trump-administration-moves-to-overhaul-how-h-1b-visas-are-granted-ending-lottery-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security has announced it is replacing the H-1B visa lottery system with a new weighted selection process that prioritizes higher-paid and higher-skilled workers. The administration argues the move will prevent abuse of the system and protect American wages, while critics contend it disadvantages entry-level professionals. This change follows an earlier, contested proclamation imposing a substantial fee on visa applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 23, 2025. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/h1b-visas-trump-amazon-application-immigration-tech-f32f3f07b286181c0e37b34ab04005fc\">apnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Homeland Security has announced it is replacing the H-1B visa lottery system with a new weighted selection process that prioritizes higher-paid and higher-skilled workers. The administration argues the move will prevent abuse of the system and protect American wages, while critics contend it disadvantages entry-level professionals. This change follows an earlier, contested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-and-integration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}