U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the initial registration period for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap will open at 12 (noon) Eastern on March 9, 2021 and run through 12 (noon) Eastern on March 25, 2021.
Under this registration process, employers or their authorized representatives will be required to complete a registration for each requested worker during the registration window, providing initial information about their company and each requested worker. Employers must also pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee for each registration. The H-1B random selection process will then be run on those electronic registrations. Only those with selected registrations will be eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions.
USCIS indicates the agency intends to notify account holders of the results of the selection process by March 31, 2021.
D&S will post additional guidance as it becomes available.