WASHINGTON: Registration for the H-1B Visa which is sought for for Fiscal Year 2023 will begin on March 1 and successful applicants will be chosen randomly and notified online on March 31, according to the US Federal Immigration Agency.
VISA H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in special jobs that require theoretical or technical skills.
Technology companies depend on it to employ tens of thousands of employees every year from countries such as India and China.
US citizenship and immigration services (USCIS) in a statement say the initial registration period for the concluded fiscal year 2023 H-1B will be opened in the East afternoon on March 1 and run until noon on March 18, 2022.
During the period, the prospective applicant and representation will be Can complete and submit their registration using the H-1B Online registration system, the agency said in a statement on Friday.
“If we accept enough registration on March 18, we will randomly choose registration and send the election notification through the user’s MyUSCIS account.
We intend to notify the account holder on March 31,” said USCIS in the statement.
As mandated by Congress, USCIS can issue a maximum visa of 65,000 H-1b in a year.
It can also issue another 20,000 H-1B visa to foreign students who have completed a higher study of the US University subjects in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
USCIS will set a confirmation number for each registration sent to close FY 2023 H-1B.
This number will be used solely to track registration and not track the status of the applicant’s case in the online case status.
Prospective applicants for H-1B hats or their representatives are required to use myuscis online account to register each beneficiary and pay the $ 10 H-1B registration fee related to each registration submitted in the name of each beneficiary, he said.
Prospective applicants send their own registration (US employers and US agents, collectively known as “registrants”) will use the “Registrar” account.
Registrants will be able to create a new account starting during the east day on February 21.
Representatives can add clients to their accounts anytime, but both representatives and registrants must wait until March 1 to enter beneficiaric information and send registration fees.
Prospective applicants or representatives will be able to submit registration for several beneficiaries in one online session.
Through accounts, they will be able to prepare, edit, and save the registration design before the final payment and submission of each registration, he said.
The H-1B hat subject petition, including petitions for qualified beneficiaries for the continued degree of degree, may only be submitted by the applicant whose registration for recipients in the H-1B petition was selected in H-1B.
registration process.