There are only 30,000 skilled worker visas issued per year. There are additionally 65,000 H1B visas issued, with an additional 20,000 issued to folks with a mas

There are only 30,000 skilled worker visas issued per year. There are additionally 65,000 H1B visas issued, with an additional 20,000 issued to folks with a masters or higher from a US university. H1-B is specifically for specialized occupations and generally requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and specialized skills in demand. It is, in fact, called the H1-B Specialty Occupations Visa. I suspect you’re thinking of the Diversity Visa program, which offers a lottery of 55,000 visas annually to anyone (except for some eye brow raising exceptions). There are also other programs like migrant worker programs that allow unskilled labor into the country for a limited time to fill seasonal work gaps.