For the FY 2027 H-1B cap season if you miss a deadline it does not just slow down your H-1B application. It completely gets rid of it. The H-1B cap season has a system now with a wage-weighted lottery and a new fee of $100,000 for certain H-1B applicants. The H-1B cap season is really important now. The stakes, for the H-1B application have never been this high. Applicants queue outside the U.S. Consulate, highlighting the urgency of meeting H-1B application deadlines. 1. The