Signalling “a significant number of changes" in the H-1B process before February 2026, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questioned the lottery system in place to acquire this work visa.

Lutnick said he recently had a conversation with heads of two of the biggest tech companies in the world, and “they said doing a lottery for skilled workers coming into America is bizarre".

He questioned why a nation should bring in skilled workers through a lottery. “That just doesn’t make any sense," he said.

The commerce secretary said the H-1B lottery needs to be “fixed" and the US should only give “highly-skilled jobs" to the “most highly-skilled people".

His comments come days after the Trump administration announced a one-time fee of USD 100,000 for new H-1B work visas, an order that will imp

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