Latest news updates and articles related to H1B Visa. USCIS, DHS published news updates, policy changes, regulations related to H1B Visa.
As most of you know H1B Visa is one of the most sought temporary work visas and there was a tremendous amount of demand for fiscal year(FY) 2023 with 484K H1B Registrations submitted and even more for FY 2024 a crazy 781K registrations. As with everything else in life, not everyone plays a fair game …
As most of you know, USCIS received 484K H1B registrations for H1B Fiscal Year(FY) 2023 season and they selected about 127,600 in the first round. Since then, many have been speculating that there is likely going to be a second-round lottery for FY 2023 season similar to the previous H1B FY 2022 season. Today, all …
USCIS announced official H1B 2023 first-round lottery results on March 29th, 2022 indicating that they have completed the H1B lottery first round and notified all selected applicants. What they did not announce was the total number of filings and other metrics. They quietly updated their H1B Registration page in late April 2022 with the H1B …
As many of you have been waiting for the official USCIS update on H1B Visa 2023 season, today USCIS announced that they have completed the first round H1B lottery and notified all the selected applicants. Also, they have given guidance on how to file H1B petitions and how they will handle them for receipts notices, …
As many of you know the H1B Visa 2023 season started earlier this month with the H1B Registration Process starting on March 1st, 2022 until March 18th, 2022. This year, USCIS took longer than the previous years to give out results. Last year, we got results, within a couple of days. This year, results came …
Every year there are 85,000 new H1B Visas that are issued by USCIS. If we look at H1B cap reach dates from FY 2004 until 2023, we see that there was an H1B Lottery for the last consecutive 10 years, which indicates crazy demand for H1B Visa. Starting from H1B FY 2021 season, USCIS introduced H1B …
In the last consecutive 9 years, starting from FY 2014 season, the demand for H1B visas always exceeded the available 85,000 slots of H1B cap per year, leading to H1B Lottery during all these years. All the hard-working professionals test their luck with random selection ( aka H1B Lottery) to work in the US after …
USCIS made a press release today stating that they would accept H1B Registrations for the next fiscal year ( FY 2023) starting from March 1st. In this article, we will outline the summary of the details and what changed, what is the same as last year, what are the timelines, and what to expect. Before …
Most of the lucky ones were selected in the first and second rounds of the H1B visa lottery. As per lottery selection numbers, many doubted ( including us), if there would ever be a third round. There was never a third-round lottery conducted in the past. First time in H1B visa lottery selection history we …
As many of you know H1B Visa has crazy demand and we had H1B Lottery for the last consecutive 9 years. Previous Trump administration published a final rule during their last few months in office, where the H1B lottery would be based on wage levels. It was later challenged in court and ultimately, there was …