USCIS Update – 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Lottery Opens on March 1, 2023
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USCIS Update – 2024 H-1B Visa Cap Lottery Opens on March 1, 2023

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On January 27, 2023, USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the 2024 H-1B Visa cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through 5 pm Eastern on March 20, 2023. During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives can complete and submit their registrations using the USCIS online H-1B registration system.

I lost my job while on an H1B Visa, do I have to go through the H1B lottery again?
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I lost my job while on an H1B Visa, do I have to go through the H1B lottery again?

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If you have worked under CAP subject H1B Visa status, at one point in time you were granted H1B status through the H1B lottery. Once you are granted  H1B status through the lottery, it is not always necessary to re-enter the H1B lottery to accept new employment. In this article, we discuss whether or not you must go through the H1B visa lottery again after the loss of employment.

As an employer, how do we submit an H1B Cap Registration for 2024?
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As an employer, how do we submit an H1B Cap Registration for 2024?

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Suppose your employee has not already been issued an H1B visa in a previous lottery, and you are not an H1B Cap Exempt employer. In that case, you need to enter the H1B visa lottery for each employee you wish to employ under the H1B Visa status. After your employee is selected in the lottery, you can file an I-129 Petition for employment under H1B visa status on their behalf. We discuss the H1B Visa lottery and when to start the H1B visa process in 2023 for the upcoming FY 2024 H-1B Cap below.

I wasn’t selected in the FY2023 H-1B Lottery—now what?
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I wasn’t selected in the FY2023 H-1B Lottery—now what?

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USCIS has notified those that were selected in the first round of the FY2023 H-1B lottery. If you were selected your status will change from “Submitted” to “Selected”. We discuss what happens next if your status remains “Selected” here.