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Major Updates to the H-1B Cap Registration and Selection Process

The initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 6, 2024, and run through noon Eastern on March 22, 2024. USCIS has announced several significant changes to the H-1B program aimed at...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Plan Now for FY 2025 H-1B Cap Registration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap from March 6, 2024 to March 22, 2024. This year USCIS is implementing...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

USCIS Announces Significant Fee Increases Effective on April 1, 2024

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Effective April 1, USCIS will implement significant filing fee increases, in particular for petition and applications related to employment-based benefits....more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FY 2025 H-1B Cap Season Launched with Important Changes

USCIS announced  that the initial electronic registration period for the fiscal year (FY 2025) H-1B cap season will open at noon Eastern on March 6, 2024 and will run through noon Eastern on March 22, 2024....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

H-1B Cap Season – Time to Start Preparing

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The registration period for H-1B cap-subject petitions is approaching! As a reminder, the annual H-1B cap is set at 65,000, with an additional 20,000 numbers available for individuals who have earned an advanced degree from...more

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USCIS Proposes Significant Fee Increases for U.S. Employer Filings

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On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule seeking 60-day comment on proposed changes to the fee schedule for benefit requests before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

USCIS to Delay Implementation of Wage-Weighted H-1B Quota Selection Rule Until December 31, 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made the decision to delay implementation of the rule introducing wage-weighted priority into the H-1B lottery selection system. USCIS announced that it will delay the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

H-1B Cap Season, Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for All International Air Travelers to the US, and I-90 Receipt Rule

We anticipate that in March 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will open the electronic registration process for the fiscal year 2022 H-1B cap for professional positions. Please review your employment...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Deadline Rapidly Approaching To Register Online for H-1B Visa Lottery

The rush is on: U.S. employers looking to hire foreign professionals through H-1B sponsorship must register online for the annual lottery by noon (12:00 pm) EST on March 20, 2020. Employers petitioning for cap-subject H-1B...more

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H-1B Cap Registration Update

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In late 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would implement the registration process for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap. The H-1B visa is used by businesses that want to employ foreign...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

USCIS Provides Additional Guidance for H-1B Electronic Registration Process for FY 2021 H-1B Cap

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently provided additional guidance for the H-1B electronic registration process for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap, which begins at noon Eastern standard time on March 1,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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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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

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H-1B Cap Season

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USCIS has confirmed they will open the new H-1B Lottery pre-registration portal on March 1, 2020. The H-1B visa is available to companies wishing to hire a foreign worker to fill a “specialty occupation” which is defined as a...more

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New Registration Process for FY 2021 H-1B Filing Season

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A new federal rule has created a new electronic registration process for the annual H-1B lottery. The new electronic registration system will significantly change the sequence of the H-1B lottery. There will no longer be a...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Preregistration Process Brings Revamp and Uncertainty to H-1B Visa Program

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U.S. employers wanting to hire foreign professionals should identify those eligible for H-1B sponsorship as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to navigate newly required procedures in March 2020, including using the...more

Littler

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

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

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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

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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Significant Changes to H-1B Lottery Process in 2020

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 6, 2019 that employers seeking to file H-1B petitions for the 2021 fiscal year cap will be required to first electronically register and pay a $10 fee....more

Polsinelli

The H-1B Lottery Line Starts Here

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The New Year will bring significant changes to the H-1B lottery selection process and  employers can look forward to a more efficient H-1B cap selection process. USCIS has announced the “Registration Requirement for...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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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Department Of Homeland Security Publishes Final Rule Regarding H-1B Pre-Registration Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 31, 2019 DHS published the final rule for the electronic pre-registration of H-1B cap petitions and changed the order of selection of filings. ...more

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H-1B Regulatory Changes Scheduled to be Effective April 1, 2019/ Confirmed Delay in Changes to H-1B Cap Pre-Registration Process

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The Department of Homeland Security has announced that the proposed regulations making fundamental changes to the H-1B cap-selection process have been finalized and will be published in the Federal Register on January 31,...more

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