H-1B Visa: In a move to fortify the integrity of the H-1B registration process and mitigate fraud risks, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a final rule for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap.
USCIS posted updates on H-1B registration process to registration portal between March 25, 2023, and today, March 27, 2023. USCIS has received more electronic H-1B cap registrations than available H-1B numbers under quota of 85,000 new H-1B filings, necessitating a lottery.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS notified public it would extend H-1B cap registration window until March 20 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Fiscal year FY 2024 H-1B cap registration window opened on March 1, 2023, at noon, was scheduled to close March 17 at noon.
Petitions filed within noon on March 1, 2022, and run through March 18, 2022 afford prospective employers the opportunity to vie for one of the limited H-1B visas for their employees for next year.