JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP: 2020 in Review and a Look Toward 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
Employers in the U.S. would face significant increases in filing fees for many employment-based petitions under a recent USCIS proposal. The changes would place the burden on employers to cover the cost of processing complex...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Employers have paid about $7 billion in H-1B fees over the past 10 years. Now, a new fee is coming – the electronic registration fee. Electronic pre-registration for the H-1B lottery is set to begin for the 2020 cap...more