The initial registration period for the 2024 H-1B visas for skilled professionals will open from March 1 and will continue till March 17, announced the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In this period, prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system, said the immigration agency in a press release.
The USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted for the FY 2024 H-1B cap, which can be used to track registrations. The number, however, cannot be used to track one’s case status in Case Status Online, the USCIS said in a release.
All prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process.
They also need to pay a $10 fee for each registration submitted on behalf of each beneficiary.
Registrants, i.e., U.S. employers and agents will use a registrant account and they will be able to create new accounts from February 21.
It further said that prospective petitioners or their representatives will be able to submit registrations for multiple beneficiaries in a single online session. Through the account, they will be able to prepare, edit, and store draft registrations prior to final payment and submission of each registration.
The USCIS will randomly select registrations and send selection notifications via users’ myUSCIS online accounts if they receive enough registrations by March 17.
H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.