Update July 30, 2024: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it will conduct a second lottery to reach FY 2025 regular cap numerical allocation for H-1B registrations filed in March. Second lottery will include registrations that indicated eligibility for master’s cap and regular cap. Please contact your Varnum immigration attorney with questions.
The annual electronic registration process for H-1B cap-subject petitions will open for a two-week period in March 2024. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will utilize a random lottery process to select 85,000 petitions for the H-1B cap (65,000 for the general category and 20,000 for the U.S. advanced degree category). Applicants selected in the random lottery will be notified by March 31 and will have until June 30 to submit the H-1B petition for the beneficiary named in the registration.
Varnum’s immigration attorneys have started to collect information to prepare for the March registration period. Employers with employees on F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) or candidates requiring cap-subject H-1Bs should contact us by mid-February for assistance with registration.