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| H-1B Registration | U.S. employers or agents who seek to obtain H-1B nonimmigrant classification on behalf of an individual subject to the H-1B numerical allocations will need to submit a registration during a designated registration period, unless the registration requirement is suspended by USCIS. The annual initial registration period will last a minimum of 14 calendar days and will start at least 14 calendar days before the earliest date on which H-1B cap-subject petitions may be filed for a particular fiscal year. If a sufficient number of registrations projected as needed to reach the H-1B regular cap have not been received within the 14 days initial registration period, we will notify all registrants who have properly registered that their registrations have been selected. We will keep the registration open past the initial registration period until we have determined that we have received enough registrations projected as needed to meet the H-1B regular cap. After the end of the initial registration period, if USCIS has received more registrations than needed to meet the projected number of registrations to reach the regular cap, we will randomly select a sufficient number of registrations. A similar process will apply for those who may be eligible for the numerically limited cap exemption. A Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, may then be filed by the employer based on a selected registration to request classification of the beneficiary as an H-1B worker. |
U.S. employers or agents who seek to obtain H-1B nonimmigrant classification on behalf of an individual subject to the H-1B numerical allocations will need to submit a registration during a designated registration period, unless the registration requirement is suspended by USCIS. You may submit up to 250 beneficiaries for one registrant (employer/agent) per registration. The annual initial registration period will last a minimum of 14 calendar days and will start at least 14 calendar days before the earliest date on which H-1B cap-subject petitions may be filed for a particular fiscal year. If a sufficient number of registrations projected as needed to reach the H-1B regular cap have not been received within the 14 days initial registration period, we will notify all registrants who have properly registered that their registrations have been selected. We will keep the registration open past the initial registration period until we have determined that we have received enough registrations projected as needed to meet the H-1B regular cap. After the end of the initial registration period, if USCIS has received more registrations than needed to meet the projected number of registrations to reach the regular cap, we will randomly select a sufficient number of registrations. A similar process will apply for those who may be eligible for the numerically limited cap exemption. A Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, may then be filed by the employer based on a selected registration to request classification of the beneficiary as an H-1B worker. |
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| Before you start your registration | Eligibility | A U.S. employer or agent may file H-1B cap petitions, and as such, will be required to submit an H-1B Registration to be eligible to file the H-1B cap petition. U.S. Employers: Person or entity in U.S. that: Engages a person to work in the U.S.; Has an employer-employee relationship with the beneficiary; and Has an EIN. Agents: A U.S. individual or company in business as an agent may file an H1-B Registration for workers who are traditionally self-employed or workers who use agents to arrange short-term employment on their behalf with numerous employers, and in cases where a foreign employer authorizes the agent to act on its behalf. |
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| Duplicates | A registrant (employer or agent) may only submit one registration per beneficiary in any fiscal year. If a registrant submits more than one registration per beneficiary in the same fiscal year, all registrations filed by that registrant related to the beneficiary for the fiscal year will be considered invalid. | ||||||
| Completing your registration online | We will automatically save your responses | We will automatically save your information when you select next to go to a new page or navigate to another section of the registration. We will save your draft information until the registration period closes. | . | ||||
| How to continue filling out your registration | After you start your registration, you can exit and sign in to your account again to continue where you left off. | ||||||
| DHS Privacy Notice | AUTHORITIES: The information requested on this form is collected under the Immigration and Nationality Act sections 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and 214(a), (c)(1), (g); 8 U.S. Code 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and 1184(a), (c)(1), and (g); and the regulatory authority under 8 Code of Federal Regulations 214.2(h). | ||||||
| PURPOSE: The primary purpose for providing the requested information on this form is to register prospective beneficiaries for the annual H-1B cap selection process. DHS uses the provided information to select a projected number of registrations needed to generate a sufficient number of H-1B cap petitions to reach the annual H-1B numerical limitations, including the advanced degree exemption, and associate selected registrations with subsequently filed H-1B cap petitions. Unless the registration requirement is suspended, a registrant must have a selected registration to be eligible to file an H-1B cap petition for the named beneficiary. | |||||||
| DISCLOSURE: The information you provide is voluntary. However, failure to provide the requested information may preclude you from filing an H-1B cap petition on the named beneficiary’s behalf. | |||||||
| ROUTINE USES: DHS may share the information you provide on this form and any additional requested evidence with other Federal, state, local, and foreign government agencies and authorized organizations. DHS follows approved routine uses described in the associated published system of records notices [DHS-USCIS-007 Benefits Information System] and the published privacy impact assessments [DHS/USCIS/PIA-034(a) H-1B Registration Final Rule] which you can find at www.dhs.gov/privacy. DHS may also share this information, as appropriate, for law enforcement purposes or in the interest of national security. | |||||||
| Paperwork Reduction Act | An agency may not conduct or sponsor information collection and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated at 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering the required information, completing the application, preparing statements, and submitting the application electronically. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Regulatory Coordination Division Office of Policy and Strategy 20 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20529-2140 Do not mail your completed H-1B registration to this address. OMB No. 1615-0144 Expires: 1/31/2022 |
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| Step | Section | Revised Section | Question | Revised Question | Sub-Question | Field Type | Instructional Text | Help Text | Required/ Optional |
| About Registrant | Employer/Agent | What is the legal name of the prospective petitioning company or organization? | Text | If filing as an individual registrant, provide the individual's legal name. | Required | ||||
| What is the Doing Business As name of the prospective petitioning company or organization? | Text | Doing Business As (DBA) name is the operating name of a company, as opposed to the legal name of the company. | Optional | ||||||
| The prospective petitioning company or organization does not have a Doing Business As name. | Checkbox | ||||||||
| What is the employer identification number (EIN) of the prospective petitioning company or organization? | Text | If filing as an individual registrant, provide the registrant's Individual IRS Tax Number (SSN or ITIN). | Required | ||||||
| What is the primary U.S. office address of the prospective petitioning company or organization? | Address line 1 | Text | USCIS notices will not be mailed to this address. | Street number and name | Required | ||||
| Address line 2 | Text | Apartment, suite, unit, or floor | Optional | ||||||
| City or town | Text | Required | |||||||
| State | Dropdown | Required | |||||||
| ZIP code | Text | Required | |||||||
| Authorized Signatory | Authorized Signatory | What is the authorized individual's legal name? | What is the authorized signatory's legal name? | Given name (first name) | Text | Required | |||
| Middle name (if applicable) | Text | Required | |||||||
| Family name (last name) | Text | Required | |||||||
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| Daytime phone number | Text | Required | |||||||
| What is the authorized individual's title? | What is the authorized signatory's title? | Email address | Text | Required | |||||
| What is the authorized individual's contact information? | What is the authorized signatory's contact information? | ||||||||
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| Step | Section | Question | Revised Question | Sub-Question | Field Type | Instructional text | Revised instructional Text | Help Text | Required/ Optional |
| About Beneficiary | Beneficiary Information | You may submit up to 250 beneficiaries for one registrant (employer/agent) per registration. | |||||||
| What is the beneficiary's legal name? | Given Name (first name) | Text | Required | ||||||
| Beneficiary does not have a first name. | Checkbox | ||||||||
| Middle Name | Text | Required | |||||||
| Beneficiary does not have a middle name. | Checkbox | ||||||||
| Family Name (last name) | Text | Required | |||||||
| What is the beneficiary's gender? | Male/Female | Radio | Required | ||||||
| What is the beneficiary's date of birth? | MM/DD/YYYY | Date | Required | ||||||
| Does the beneficiary have a master’s or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education such that the beneficiary is eligible for the advanced degree exemption under INA 214(g)(5)(C)? | Are you requesting consideration under the INA 214(g)(5)(C) advanced degree exemption because the beneficiary has earned, or will earn prior to the filing of the petition, a master's or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education? | Yes/No | Radio | Required | |||||
| What is the beneficiary's country of birth? | Country | Dropdown | Required | ||||||
| What is the beneficiary's country of citizenship? | Country | Dropdown | Required | ||||||
| What is the beneficiary's passport number? | Text | Required | |||||||
| Beneficiary does not have a passport number. | Checkbox | ||||||||
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| Step | Revised step | Section | Revised section | Question | Revised question | Field Type | Instructional Text | Revised instructional text | Help Text | Required/ Optional | Primary CTA | Secondary CTA |
| Review | Check your registration before you submit |
Check your registration before you submit We will review your registration to check for accuracy and completeness before you submit it. We encourage you to provide as many responses as you can throughout the registration, to the best of your knowledge. Missing information can slow down the review process after you submit your registration. You can return to this page to review your registration as many times as you want before you submit it. |
Check your registration before you submit We will review your registration to check for completeness before you submit it. We encourage you to provide as many responses as you can throughout the registration, to the best of your knowledge. Missing information can slow down the review process after you submit your registration. You can return to this page to review your registration as many times as you want before you submit it. |
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| Alerts and warnings | You have one or more alerts based on the information you provided in your registration. A green alert means you have completed all required fields and responses. We found no alerts or warnings in your registration. |
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| Summary | H-1B Registration Summary | Here is a summary of all the information you provided in your registration. Make sure you have provided responses for everything that applies to you before you submit your registration. You can edit your responses by going to each registration section using the site navigation. |
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| Registrant Signature | Authorized Signatory Signature | Registrant's statement | Authorized Signatory's Statement |
I can read and understand English, and have read and understand every question and instruction on this registration, as well as my answer to every question. | Checkbox | You must read and agree to the statement below. | Required | Next | ||||
| Registrant's certification and signature | Authorized Signatory's Certification and Signature | I authorize release of information contained in this registration to other entities and persons where necessary for the administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. By my signature, I further certify that the contents of this registration are true and accurate and that I, or the entity on whose behalf this registration is being submitted, intend to file an H-1B petition on behalf of the beneficiary named in this registration if the registration is selected. |
If submitting or authorizing this registration on behalf of an organization, by my signaure, I certify that I am authorized to do so by the organization. I authorize release of information contained in this registration to other entities and persons where necessary for the administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. I further certify, under penalty of perjury, that I have reviewed this registration and that all of the information contained in the registration is complete, true and correct and that I, or the organization on whose behalf this registration is being submitted, intend to file an H-1B petition on behalf of the beneficiary named in this registration if the beneficiary is selected. |
You must read and agree to the certification below. | ||||||||
| I have read and agree to the registrant's statement. | I have read and agree to the authorized signatory's statement. | Checkbox | Required | |||||||||
| Registrant's Signature | Authorized Signatory's Signature | Required | Submit registration | |||||||||
| Authorized Individual | Authorized Individual's certification and signature | If submitting or authorizing this registration on behalf of an organization, by my signaure, I certify that I am authorized to do so by the organization. I authorize release of information contained in this registration to other entities and persons where necessary for the administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. I further certify, under penalty of perjury, that I have reviewed this registration and that all of the information contained in the registration is complete, true and correct and that I, or the organization on whose behalf this registration is being submitted, intend to file an H-1B petition on behalf of the beneficiary named in this registration if the registration is selected. |
I authorize release of information contained in this registration to other entities and persons where necessary for the administration and enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. I further certify, under penalty of perjury, that I have reviewed this registration and that all of the information contained in the registration is complete, true and correct and that I, or the organization on whose behalf this registration is being submitted, intend to file an H-1B petition on behalf of the beneficiary named in this registration if the registration is selected. |
You must read and agree to the certification below. | ||||||||
| I have read and agree to the authorized individual's statement. | Checkbox | Required | ||||||||||
| Authorized individual's Signature | Required | |||||||||||
| You have successfully submitted your H-1B Registration. | You have successfully submitted your H-1B Registration. We will notify you when the selection process has ended. You can track the status of your registration through your USCIS account. Each beneficiary has been assigned a confirmation number. This number is only associated with the submitted registration and cannot be used to track case status using Case Status Online. |
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