Reminder: USCIS has announced that they will open their initial registration time period for H-1B cap-subject petitioners for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) from Sunday, March 1, 2020 to Friday, March 20, 2020. During this timeframe, H-1B cap-subject petitioners, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, seeking to file…
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USCIS Announces Electronic H-1B Registration Process and the Registration Dates for FY 2021
USCIS has announced that they will open their initial registration time period for H-1B cap-subject petitioners for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) from Sunday, March 1, 2020 to Friday, March 20, 2020. During this timeframe, H-1B cap-subject petitioners, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, seeking to file a…
USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Fiscal Year 2021 Cap Season
USCIS announce of Friday, December 6, 2019 that they have completed the initial pilot program testing the H-1B electronic registration process which will include a $10 registration fee. This fee is just to register online to be included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap selection. This new H-1B…
DHS Proposes $10 Reg. Fee for Petitioners Seeking to File Under H-1B Cap
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a minimal registration fee for petitioners seeking to file H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions. DHS announced on Tuesday, September 3rd, a proposed rule change that would require petitioners seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions to pay a $10 registration fee for each electronic registration…
Update – USCIS Returns Unselected FY 2020 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
USCIS issued a news alert on Thursday, August 15th stating that they have returned all fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in their computer-generated lottery. USCIS completed the data entry of all selected H-1B cap-subject petitions on May 17th (USCIS Completes Data Entry of…
USCIS Returns Unselected FY 2020 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
USCIS issued a news alert on Thursday, August 15th stating that they have returned all fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in their computer-generated lottery. USCIS completed the data entry of all selected H-1B cap-subject petitions on May 17th (USCIS Completes Data Entry of…
Update – USCIS Completes Data Entry of FY 2020 H-1B Cap
USCIS announced (by news alert) on Friday, May 17, 2019 that they have completed the data entry of all Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 H-1B cap – subjected petitions that have been selected randomly through a computer generated process. USCIS will begin returning all H-1B petitions that were not selected but…
USCIS Completes Data Entry of FY 2020 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
USCIS announced (by news alert) on Friday, May 17, 2019 that they have completed the data entry of all Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 H-1B cap – subjected petitions that have been selected randomly through a computer generated process. USCIS will begin returning all H-1B petitions that were not selected but…
USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2020!
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced that they reached the H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2020. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). USCIS will reject and…
USCIS Reaches FY 2020 H-1B Regular Cap
On Friday, April 5th, USCIS announced that it had reached what they feel is enough H-1B petitions to fill the 65,000 H-1B regular cap for fiscal year (FY) 2020. They will next start to make sure they have enough H-1B petitions to fill the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree…