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Ruder Ware

USCIS Unveils Key Dates and Fee Increase for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration

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For employers seeking to sponsor foreign national professionals, awareness of the H-1B cap registration deadline is critical. Registration for the FY 2026 H-1B Cap lottery will start at 12 p.m. Eastern Time on March 7 and end...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Immigration Service Opens H-1B Registration, With Two Key Changes

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has started the initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap. The H-1B program allows employers to petition for highly educated foreign professionals to work in...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Dates Announced

USCIS announced that the initial electronic registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap season will run from noon Eastern on March 1 through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023....more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

USCIS Conducts Third H-1B Cap Lottery and Build Back Better Legislation Passed by the House of Representatives Includes...

On November 19, U.S. Citizenship Services (USCIS) announced it had completed a third H-1B lottery selection for the fiscal year 2022 cap. This is the third H-1B lottery selection this year. USCIS allows for 85,000 H1-B...more

Stinson LLP

H-1B Registration Lottery Schedule Announced $10 to Enter

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As we previously advised, the H-1B lottery process is undergoing changes for cap-subject employers. The H-1B is the most common professional work visa, limited by a numerical quota of 65,000 regular cap approvals per year,...more

Snell & Wilmer

H-1B Lottery Registration - New Process

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United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has implemented a new process for the annual H-1B lottery. Employers wishing to file H-1B cap-subject petitions with a start date of October 1, 2020, must first submit...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

USCIS to Implement H-1B Registration Process for Upcoming Cap Season

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that an H-1B cap registration system (from which the annual H-1B lottery will be run) will be implemented for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

H-1B Work Permit Filings: Will You Beat the Cap? (Updated)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should identify as soon as possible any current employees and employment candidates who may require H-1B work permit sponsorship before October 1, 2021, given that it is anticipated USCIS will...more

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