H1B Visa Registration Opens: The H-1B visa registration process for FY 2026 begins on March 7, 2025 and will continue till March 24, 2025. US employers looking to hire skilled foreign workers in sectors such as IT, healthcare and engineering must complete the registration process within this period.
The early registration period for H-1B visas for fiscal year 2026 begins on March 7. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said the early registration period for the fiscal year 2026 H-1B visa cap will begin on March 7 and continue until March 24. US employers looking to hire skilled foreign workers in sectors such as IT, healthcare and engineering must complete the registration process within this period.
USCIS has made major changes, including significant fee increases and a beneficiary-focused selection process. Applicants must create a USCIS online account to electronically register each beneficiary and pay a registration fee for each beneficiary.
Important things about H-1B visa registration
Applicants must use the USCIS online account to electronically register each beneficiary. The H-1B registration fee will be $215 (Rs 18,730.84 in today’s currency) for each beneficiary. USCIS has increased the H-1B registration fee from $10 to $215 per beneficiary.
The increased fees will have to be paid
H-1B petitioning employers who do not have a USCIS online account must create an organizational account. According to USCIS, if you are an H-1B petitioning employer who had an H-1B registrar account for the FY 2021 to FY 2024 H-1B registration sessions, but did not use the account for FY 2025, your existing account will be converted to an organizational account after your next login.
First-time registrants are free to create an account whenever they want. Representatives can add beneficiary information and submit registrations starting March 7, with a $215 fee.
Beneficiary-centric selection process will be used
The FY 2026 H-1B cap will use a beneficiary-centric selection process. As per the process, registrations are selected not based on registrations but on unique beneficiaries. If USCIS receives a sufficient number of unique beneficiaries by March 24, they will select the unique beneficiaries at random and selection notifications will be sent to users through their USCIS online accounts.
Basic information of each employee will have to be filled
Prospective petitioners wishing to employ H-1B workers must complete a registration process, which requires them to enter basic information about the potential petitioner and each employee. Each fiscal year, the initial registration period lasts 14 days. Only those who have selectively registered will be eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition.
Permission given to increase daily credit card transaction limit
The US Treasury Department has allowed the daily credit card transaction limit to be temporarily increased from $24,999.99 to $99,999.99 for the FY 2026 H-1B cap season. Transactions above $99,999.99 can be made through Automated Clearing House (ACH).
Only a petitioner whose beneficiary has been selected in the H-1B registration process may file an H-1B cap-subject petition for a beneficiary who is eligible for the advanced degree exemption.
Rules for Paralegals
Paralegals will be allowed to work with more than one legal representative applying for H-1B visas in FY 2026. A paralegal will be able to accept invitations from multiple legal representative accounts. This will allow representative accounts to prepare H-1B registrations, Form I-129 H-1B petitions, and Form I-907s within one paralegal account.
USCIS will inform about this on March 31
If fewer specific beneficiaries are registered, USCIS will select all registrations of those specific beneficiaries that were properly submitted. On March 31, USCIS will notify potential petitioners and representatives whose accounts contain the name of at least one selected registration.
On January 30, 2024, a final rule was issued by USCIS to limit the possibilities of fraud in the H-1B registration process and ensure that every beneficiary has an equal opportunity to be selected.
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