USCIS To Implement A Registration System For H-1B Cap Filings And Other Developments

USCIS to Implement a Registration System for H-1B Cap Filings

On Monday, Dec. 3, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a proposed regulatory rule to establish an electronic registration program for petitions subject to the annual H-1B lottery. Written public comments on the rule will be accepted until Jan. 2, 2019. We expect that the final rule will be issued several months later. Once the rule is finalized, if there is insufficient time to implement the registration system for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 cap selection process, opening in April 2019, USCIS will delay implementation of the registration requirement until the FY 2021 H-1B cap season (which will open in April 2020).