Monday, April 3 marked the first day of the 2018 H-1B filing season. The H-1B visa is the most popular work visa for highly skilled workers. 85,000 visas are issued each year, with 20,000 of those reserved for graduates of US Masters programs. As with years past, this year we expect the H-1B program to be greatly oversubscribed. Last year, 236,000 applications were received in the first week of filing, before DHS halted accepting applications and conducted a random lotter