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Federal Immigration Officials Announce H-1B Cap Registration Updates and New Program Integrity Measures: Key Points for Employers

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Employers should get ready for the 2025 H-1B cap registration to open at 12 PM EST on March 6 and run through 12 PM EST on March 22. Employers will continue to have the opportunity to complete and submit their registrations...more

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The 2024 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period is Almost Here: New Year, Same Fees!

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Federal immigration officials announced Friday that the initial registration period for the upcoming 2024 H-1B cap will open at 12 pm EST on March 1, 2023, and close at 12 pm EST on March 17, 2023. Like past years, employers...more

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USCIS Announces H-1B Registration Period for March 2021 H-1B Cap

On Friday, February 5, 2021, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for Fiscal Year 2022 will begin on March 9 at 12:00 pm (noon) eastern...more

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New USCIS Process for H-1B Lottery Begins March 1

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Employers seeking to employ H-1B workers must register with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by March 20, 2020, to be eligible for the FY 2021 H-1B lottery. ...more

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January 2020 Immigration Alert

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USCIS Officially Releases Regulations Regarding Its H-1B Electronic Registration Tool for the FY 2021 H-1B Cap - On January 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) officially released regulations to...more

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New H-1B Procedures Take Effect In 2020

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In 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued final rules making a number of changes to the H-1B visa lottery process. This Holland & Knight alert highlights key differences in the 2020 process and answers...more

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USCIS to Begin Accepting Electronic Registrations on March 1, 2020

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it would begin accepting electronic registrations for H-1B candidates subject to the annual quota for fiscal year (FY) 2021 on March 1, 2020. The...more

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USCIS Implements $10 H-1B Registration Fee for Cap-Subject Cases

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On November 8, 2019, USCIS published a Final Rule in the Federal Register implementing a new registration fee requirement for those employers who seek to file cap-subject H-1B petitions. Under the new rule, which is effective...more

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USCIS Drastically Changes H-1B Cap Processing

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For the first time ever, federal immigration authorities will be implementing an electronic registration system for H-1B petitions that is intended to simplify the annual process. In a December 6 announcement, U.S....more

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USCIS To Implement H-1B Electronic Registration Process for FY2021 Cap Season

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will implement the new electronic registration process for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap lottery. Employers intending to file H-1B cap-subject petitions...more

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Department of Homeland Security Establishes New H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Employers

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 6 that it is implementing an electronic registration process in the next H-1B lottery. ...more

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Update On Rule On H-1B Registration Fee

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To update my September 5, 2019 post, USCIS has announced a final rule that requires a $10 non-refundable registration fee for each cap-subject H-1B submitted by petitioning employers. USCIS announced that this registration...more

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H-1B Registration and FY21 – Planning Starts Now

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Just as FY20's H-1B approved cap cases are reaching the October 1 effective date for their authorized period of employment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminds us that there are changes to the cap lottery...more

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