United States:
Proposed Pre-Registration Rule For H-1B Cap Lottery
25 October 2018
Pryor Cashman LLP
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A new proposal by the United States Citizenship &
Immigration Services (USCIS) would mean extreme changes to the
H-1B’s lottery program. Although a proposed rule has not yet
emerged, it is believed that H-1B employers would be required to
pre-register electronically – for each beneficiary –
for the H-1B cap lottery, prior to filing petitions for
adjudication. Under the new proposal, employers would submit a full
petition to USCIS only if the beneficiaries were selected
in the H-1B cap lotteries. In previous years, employers were
required to submit full petitions with supporting evidence for
placement in the H-1B lottery program.
USCIS Director L. Francis Cissna anticipates having a new
regulation finalized and implemented for the FY 2020 H-1B cap
filing season, set to open in April 2019. A brief notice period
would be given to the public.
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