U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has completed testing of its new online H-1B registration system for the upcoming FY2021 cap season, with an initial registration period starting March 1, 2020.
Under this new process, employers seeking cap-subject H-1B workers, or their authorized representatives, will complete an initial registration process that requires basic information about the company and each requested worker, in addition to a $10 fee per applicant. This registration period will be held from March 1 through March 20, 2020. If the number of registrants meets the annual numerical cap for H-1B petitions, USCIS will run a random lottery on the pool of registrations no later than March 31, 2020. If the registration is selected in the lottery, Petitioners will then be eligible to file cap-subject H-1B petitions during a 90-day filing period on behalf of those beneficiaries.
USCIS is currently in the processing of posting instructions on its website and hosting webinars about this registration system.
If you need to file a cap subject petition, please contact Susan Lane for more information.
