The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that the electronic registration period for the H-1B Visa lottery for FY 2024 will run from March 1, 2022 12:00 PM EST to March 17, 2022 12:00 PM EST.  During the H-1B cap registration process prospective employers (also known as “registrants”) who wish to file H-1B cap-subject petitions register electronically and pay the associated $10 registration fee for each beneficiary.

Each year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects 65,000 H-1B registrations for foreign nationals with at least a bachelor’s degree, and an additional 20,000 petitions for beneficiaries with Master's degrees from a U.S. institution. A computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as the "lottery") is used to select a sufficient number of registrations to meet the 65,000 “regular cap.” The lottery results should be announced by March 31, 2023. If selected, petitioners need to file a complete petition with supporting documentation within 90 days to establish the beneficiary’s eligibility for a FY 2024 H-1B. Once approved, the employment start date is October 1, 2023. 

If you would like to include an employee in this year’s registration for H-1B, please contact your GC Ungo Immigration for further information.