TL;DR - the cap is still at 85,000 visas/year, but this change will result in approximately 5,340 more applicants with master's degrees getting visas over those with just bachelor's.
IMO it is a pretty insignificant change overall, since this is hardly a good metric in determining skill, and the system is still lottery based.
IMO it is a pretty insignificant change overall, since this is hardly a good metric in determining skill, and the system is still lottery based.