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UB Greensfelder LLP

The FY 2025 H-1B Cap Has Been Reached! Now What?

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 1 that it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. Applicants...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Initial FY 2025 H-1B Cap Selection Process Completed

On April 1 , 2024, USCIS announced that it received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. A random selection (lottery) was conducted from the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Online filing of H-1B petitions has arrived, but is this the right time for you?

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for many years has used an online system for the annual March lottery for petitions that are subject to the H-1B Cap. The USCIS has now expanded this system to allow the following...more

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Electronic H-1B Petitions Available Soon

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expanding its electronic filing access to encompass all H-1B filings. This includes H-1B “cap” or “lottery” registrations and “non-cap” petitions through the rollout of...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

USCIS Opens H-1B Cap Registration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting electronic registrations for H-1B candidates, subject to the annual quota, beginning at noon Eastern on March 1, 2023. The registration period will run through...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Upcoming 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Registration Period Opens in March

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This Holland & Knight alert details the upcoming 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Registration Period and related procedures. The registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon EST on March 1, 2023, and run...more

Cozen O'Connor

FY2024 H-1B Cap Lottery Registration

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On Friday, January 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the FY2024 H-1B Cap Lottery will begin on March 1, 2023. The initial registration will open at...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Annual H-1B Visa Lottery Opened on March 1, 2022

For employers who need to hire foreign national talent for STEM or other hard-to-fill positions, an important immigration deadline is around the corner. The electronic H-1B lottery application window started on March 1 and...more

McAfee & Taft

H-1B Lottery: If you don’t register, you can’t play

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The virtual transaction takes place: $10 in exchange for a string of randomly selected numbers and a chance at the “American Dream.” Regardless of how you define the “American Dream,” at its core is freedom and opportunity....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

H-1B Cap Registration Begins on March 1, 2022

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting electronic registrations for H-1B candidates, subject to the annual quota, beginning on noon Eastern on March 1, 2022. The registration...more

Williams Mullen

It’s Time to Get Ready for the H-1B Lottery Electronic Registration Process and...Baseball

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This is an exciting time of the year, both as a baseball fan and as an immigration attorney. Pitchers and catchers have reported to their teams’ spring training facilities in Florida and Arizona....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

USCIS Selects Additional H-1B Cap Registrations

USCIS is conducting a second lottery for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap, and has started to notify employers that additional registrations have been selected. Employers with selected registrations from the second...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

USCIS To Implement New Electronic Registration Process for FY 2021 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions

Many employers seek to leverage foreign talent by hiring highly skilled foreign professionals through use of the United States’ H-1B visa program. As covered previously by HR Legalist, because there is a cap on the number of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New H-1B Visa Cap Process Still on Track: USCIS Releases More Details on Electronic Registration Process

As we’ve previously explained, some big changes are coming this year to the H-1B visa process. Employers use H-1B visas to temporarily employ workers in “specialty occupations” – generally, jobs that require a bachelor’s...more

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Are you prepared for the new registration process for the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Lottery?

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“CIS”) is now requiring that employers register on myaccount.uscis.gov and pay a one-time ten (10) dollar registration fee in order to participate in the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Visa...more

Miller Canfield

PLAN NOW: Critical Changes to the H-1B Lottery Process for Fiscal Year 2021

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On January 31, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to the H-1B CAP lottery process. This rule added an electronic registration requirement for employers...more

Williams Mullen

New Electronic H-1B Registration Process Confirmed for Fiscal Year 2021

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U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed it will utilize a new electronic registration system for the Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B lottery.  By way of background, the H-1B visa program allows companies in the United...more

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USCIS Announces Timeline for FY 2021 H-1B Electronic Pre-Registration Process

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On December 6, 2019, USCIS announced that it officially plans to implement the electronic H-1B registration process for petitioners seeking to submit H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2021....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

New H-1B Lottery Process in 2020!

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As we approach the holiday season, immigration practitioners, interested employers, and foreign nationals are gearing up for yet another H-1B lottery season. The upcoming lottery season will be significantly different than in...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Help for H-1B Hopefuls? Changes Coming to the H-1B Visa Cap Process

Employers who seek to sponsor foreign workers for cap-subject H-1B visas in 2020 will likely see a big change in the process – the use of an electronic pre-registration system that many believe will improve efficiency and...more

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