The H-1B visa program has been one of the most successful programs in U.S. immigration history, allowing for U.S. entities to hire and place highly skilled workers, holding at least a bachelors’ degree or the equivalent, into specialty occupation positions with their companies. However, the rigid cap of 85,000 new annual H-1B visas (which includes a carve out of 20,000 new H-1B visas available to workers with U.S. Masters degrees) remains at levels established in the 1990’s. As the economy has remained healthy, demand for H-1B visas this year was almost triple this insufficient quota. At current levels, this clearly signals inevitable disappointment for a significant number of applicants attempting to secure a visa under the program. What options do both employers and potential employees have?