Cap exempt

H-1B Cap-Exempt Employers

Under INA 214(g)(5), universities, government research organizations, and affiliated nonprofits can file H-1B petitions outside the annual lottery — year-round, no cap. For applicants who lost the lottery, these employers are a path to status.

There is no official cap-exempt list — exemption is decided per petition and never published. Employers marked attested declared ACWIA coverage on their own Department of Labor wage determinations, which is the employer's own statement rather than a USCIS determination. The rest are identified from a .edu domain or institution name.

8 cap-exempt employers · Methodology

• B

  
  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Technology
  Cap-Exempt
• A

  
  Argonne
  Cap-Exempt
• L

  
  Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Cap-Exempt
• T

  
  The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Cap-Exempt
• L

  
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Technology
  Cap-Exempt
• N

  
  National Laboratory of the Rockies
  Cap-Exempt
• N

  
  NASA

  Government
  Cap-Exempt
• B

  
  Brookhaven Market
  Cap-Exempt

Rows marked “attested” come from the employer's own ACWIA declaration on a DOL wage determination; the remainder are classified from employer name, domain, and industry. Always confirm with the employer before relying on it for a petition.