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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

An Employers’ Guide to Navigating H-1B Season: Answers to Your Top Questions

Fisher Phillips on 3/10/2025

Are you confused about how to navigate the timelines and requirements for the H-1B cap season? It’s complicated! The registration window officially opened Friday – and employers that want to hire highly skilled foreign...more

FY2026 H1B Cap Initial Registration Period Announced

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/25/2025

USCIS has announced the H-1B CAP lottery registration period for FY2026. The registration period will be from March 7th to March 24th; USCIS will issue selection notifications by March 31st, allowing petitioners to file H-1B...more

USCIS Announces FY2026 H-1B Lottery Registration

Burr & Forman on 2/12/2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) recently announced plans for the 2026 Fiscal Year H-1B lottery. The FY2026 H-1B lottery registration period will open at 12:00 p.m. EST on March 7, 2025, and close at 12:00...more

Federal Immigration Officials Announce H-1B Cap Registration Updates: 4 Key Points for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 2/7/2025

Employers that plan to sponsor foreign workers should be prepared as H-1B season begins. Federal officials just announced that the registration process for FY 2026 is expected to open at noon Eastern on March 7 and run...more

Plan Now for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration: What Employers Need to Know

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 2/7/2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap from March 7, 2024 to March 24, 2025. Employers seeking to register employees...more

H-1B Cap Pre-Registration Period Begins in March 2025 with Increased Processing Fees

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 1/20/2025

This year’s H-1B Pre-Registration Filing Period is expected to run from early to mid-March 2025. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will announce the registration dates in the coming weeks. One significant...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 2/6/2024

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

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

Fisher Phillips on 1/31/2023

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

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

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 2/10/2021

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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2020

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

January 2020 Immigration Alert

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/24/2020

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

New H-1B Procedures Take Effect In 2020

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/17/2020

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

USCIS to Begin Accepting Electronic Registrations on March 1, 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2020

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

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

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/12/2019

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

USCIS Drastically Changes H-1B Cap Processing

Fisher Phillips on 12/12/2019

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

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

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 12/11/2019

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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/10/2019

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

DHS Finalizes H-1B Cap Registration Fee

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 11/12/2019

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule that will require employers to pay a $10 non-refundable fee for each H-1B cap registration submitted, once the electronic registration system is implemented....more

Update On Rule On H-1B Registration Fee

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/11/2019

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

H-1B Registration and FY21 – Planning Starts Now

Baker Donelson on 10/1/2019

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

Proposed Rule On H-1B Registration Fee

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/6/2019

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice in the Federal Register of a proposed rule to amend its regulations to allow for USCIS to require a $10 registration fee for each petitioner seeking to file...more

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