In anticipation of the upcoming U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) H-1B electronic registration process (see our
prior
client alert for details), we want to call your attention
to an update that will affect all clients submitting H-1B
registrations for this year's H-1B lottery.
As in prior years, USCIS will continue to require that you
review and approve H-1B lottery registrations prepared by Kramer
Levin through your MyUSCIS account. However, on
Feb. 28, 2024, USCIS is launching an enhanced and upgraded MyUSCIS
account for organizations. These upgrades will include critical
structural changes to your account. While the government has
provided stakeholders with some information on these account
enhancements — which we have closely followed — there
are still critical questions that remain unanswered by USCIS. We
have also tested the system as it stands today and experienced a
number of glitches. At this time, to avoid inadvertent errors that
cannot be