FY2022 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period Opens on March 9, 2021
Gabriela Ungo • March 9, 2021
The initial registration period for FY2022 H-1B visa lottery will open today March 9th, 2021 at noon (EST) and will run through noon (ET) on March 25, 2021.
During this period, U.S. employers and their representatives submit their electronic registration via an online USCIS website paying a fee of $10 per candidate. During this process, a U.S. company wishing to sponsor a cap-subject H-1B candidate will have to create a USCIS account, fill out petitioner and beneficiary information and finally submit their registration. Once registered, the candidate will entered in the H-1B lottery selection process, before the H-1B petition is filed with USCIS. Once the registration window closes, USCIS will randomly select 85,000 registrants from the pool of all registrations.
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