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USCIS Announces H-1B Cap Registration Period for March 2025

Mintz on 2/12/2025

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for the upcoming fiscal year will begin on Friday, March 7 at 12:00 pm...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

USCIS Will Implement Second Round of H-1B Cap Registration Lottery Selection for FY2024

Fisher Phillips on 7/31/2023

Federal immigration officials announced Thursday that they will conduct a second round of its random computer-generated H-1B cap registration lottery for those U.S. employers that timely registered their foreign national...more

H-1B Lottery Odds – Frequently Asked Questions

Dentons on 6/20/2023

Q: Will submitting my registration on the first day increase my odds of selection? A: No. The lottery is conducted randomly after the registration period closes. Your odds for selection will increase with a US master’s or...more

Non-Immigrant Visa Updates: USCIS Completes H-1B Lottery Selections; After Long Wait, E-2 Visas For Israeli Investors To Become...

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 4/23/2019

Updated news from USCIS this spring includes final H-1B lottery selection news and a boon for Israeli investors who will be eligible to apply for E-2 treaty investor visas at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. On April 11, USCIS...more

H-1B Cap and Lottery Update

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 5/11/2017

On May 3rd, USCIS completed all data entry of fiscal year 2018 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated "lottery" process. The data entry process includes the receipt of petitions selected in the lottery...more

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