For the Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B cap-filing season, USCIS conducted the H-1B electronic registration process from March 1 to March 20, 2023, and began announcing selections on March 25, 2023. On March 27, 2023, USCIS formally announced that they had received sufficient registrations to reach the FY 2024 H-1B cap and that the selection process had been completed.

On April 28, 2023, USCIS announced that FY 2024, it received 758,994 eligible registrations (compared to 474,421 registrations in FY2023), and that 110,791 applications were selected.

The H-1B cap selection notices state that the petition filing period for April 1 to June 30, 2023 to be valid for processing. If the number of H-1B cap petitions received during this period is insufficient to reach the annual limit of 85,000, USCIS may conduct additional lottery selections to fulfill the quota.

Will there be a second H-1B lottery FY 2024 applications? 

Since Y2024 saw a 60% increase on H-1B registrations against previous year, it is very unlikely that a second lottery round will be held.

What Measures Will USCIS Implement to Combat Fraud in the H-1B Registration Process?

USCIS also raised concerns about the significant increase in eligible registrations, particularly those with multiple registrations for the same beneficiary, and its "unfair advantages gained by prospective petitioners working together to submit multiple registrations on behalf of the same beneficiary through collaboration".

For H-1B Registration purposes, the prospective petitioner must sign an attestation, under penalty of perjury, during registration, whereas the prospective petitioner confirms the accuracy and completeness of the information provided, the legitimacy of the job offer, and the absence of collaboration with others to increase chances of selection for the beneficiary.

This has led the USCIS to conduct extensive fraud investigations during the FY 2023 and FY 2024 H-1B cap seasons. Denials and revocations of petitions have occurred, and USCIS announced that it is actively initiating law enforcement referrals for criminal prosecution individuals or entities who submit false attestations.

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