On Friday, January 28, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for
the FY2023 H-1B Cap Lottery will begin on March 1, 2022. The
initial registration will open at noon Eastern Time (EST) on March
1, 2022 and run through noon (EST) on March 18, 2022. Both attorney
representatives and registrants must wait until March 1, 2022, to
create and complete H-1B registrations through USCIS's H-1B
Registration. USCIS intends to notify account holders of selections
by March 31, 2022.
Since 2020, USCIS has been utilizing their electronic
registration process for the H-1B cap cases. The electronic system
requires prospective petitioners seeking to file H-1B cap-subject
petitions to first electronically register and then pay the
associated $10 H-1B registration fee for each beneficiary. This
electronic registration process has streamlined processing by
reducing paperwork and data exchange and has provided overall
