H-1B FY 2022 Registration Set to Open March 9 | Joseph & Hall P.C.

After the announcement of a number of guidelines that may drastically change the H-1B lottery course of, and their subsequent postponements, USCIS has introduced that the preliminary registration interval for cap-subject H-1Bs is ready to open on March 9, 2021 and can run by means of March 25, 2021.  Throughout that point, potential employers are in a position to register potential H-1B staff for this “lottery,” and an announcement on who has been chosen will probably be made on March 31, 2021.  This can enable these chosen to file petitions starting on April 1, 2021.

Excellent news together with this – the registration course of will probably be a lot the identical because it was final 12 months, and the few guidelines that may drastically change the method and this system, corresponding to choice primarily based on wage ranges or the rise in wages that have to be paid, have been postponed and won’t have an effect on this 12 months’s registration interval.  Whereas the variety of registrations is prone to be far above the variety of accessible H-1B visas, that means not everybody who registers will probably be chosen, the truth that these new guidelines should not in impact is actually a win for employers.

In the event you’d like help with registering your potential H-1B staff, or would really like extra details about the H-1B course of, please contact our workplace.