H-1B Registration Tool Copy Deck

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H-1B Registration Tool
OMB control number 1615-0144
Edits in support of: Strengthening the H-1B
Nonimmigration Visa Classification Program IFR
(RIN 1615-AC13)

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H-1B Registration Tool: Overview

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H-1B Registration

Before you start your registration

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Eligibility

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.
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.

U.S. Employer: a person, firm, corporation, company, or other association or organization in the United States which:
(1) Engages the beneficiary to work within the United States, and has a bona fide, non-speculative job offer for the beneficiary;

(2) Has an employer-employee relationship with respect to employees under this part; and

(3) Has an Internal Revenue Service Tax identification number.

Agents: A U.S. individual or company in business as an agent may file an H1-B Registration for workers who are traditionally selfemployed 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.
Agents: A U.S. individual or company in business as an agent may file an H-1B Registration for workers who are traditionally selfemployed 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.

Duplicates
Fee

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.
Fee: $10 per registration
We will send you to Pay.gov, our safe, secure payment website, to make your payment and submit your registration online. If your
current document is incorrect due to a typographical or clerical error caused by USCIS, there is no fee.
Refund Policy
USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request. By continuing this transaction, you
acknowledge that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you are paying the fees for a government service. You further
agree that the filing fee, biometric fee, and any other paid costs related to this financial transaction are final and not refundable. Please
refer to the instructions for the form(s) you are filing for additional information or you may call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-3755283. For TTY (deaf or hard of hearing) 800-767-1833.

Completing your registration online

We will automatically save your responses
How to continue filling out your registration
DHS Privacy Notice

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.
After you start your registration, you can exit and sign in to your account again to continue where you left off.
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.

Overview

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H-1B Registration Tool: Overview

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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:

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 35
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

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.

Do not mail your completed H-1B registration to this address.

OMB No. 1615-0144
Expires: 1/31/2022

OMB No. 1615-0144
Expires: 1/31/2022

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H-1B Registration Tool: About Registrant

Step

Section

Question

About Registrant

Employer/Agent

Instructional Text

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

Text

If filing as an individual registrant,
provide the registrant's Individual
IRS Tax Number (SSN or ITIN).

Required

Address line 1

Text

USCIS notices will not be mailed
to this address.

Address line 2

Text

City or town
State
ZIP code
Given name (first name)

Text
Dropdown
Text

Required
Required
Required
Required

Middle name (if applicable)
Family name (last name)

Text
Text
Text

Required
Required
Required

Daytime phone number

Text

Required

Email address

Text

Required

What is the primary U.S. office address of
the prospective petitioning company or
organization?

Authorized Signatory

Required/
Optional

Field Type

What is the employer identification number
(EIN) of the prospective petitioning
company or organization?

What is the authorized signatory's legal
name?

What is the authorized signatory's title?
What is the authorized signatory's contact
information?

Sub-Question

The prospective petitioning company or organization does not Checkbox
have a Doing Business As name.

Text

Help Text

Street number and name Required
Apartment, suite, unit,
or floor

Optional

About Registrant

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H-1B Registration Tool: About Beneficiary

Step

Section

About
Beneficiary

Beneficiary
Information

Question

Sub-Question

Field Type

Instructional text
You may submit up to 250 beneficiaries for one
registrant (employer/agent) per registration.

What is the beneficiary's legal name?

What is the beneficiary's gender?

What is the beneficiary's date of birth?

Required/
Optional

Given Name (first name)
Beneficiary does not have a
first name.
Middle Name
Beneficiary does not have a
middle name.
Family Name (last name)
Male/Female
MM/DD/YYYY

Text

Text
Radio
Date
Radio

Required
Required
Required
Required

Country
Country

Dropdown
Dropdown
Text

Required
Required
Required

Are you requesting consideration under the INA
Yes/No
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?
What is the beneficiary's country of birth?
What is the beneficiary's country of citizenship?
What is the beneficiary's passport number?

Help Text

Required

Checkbox
Text

Required

Checkbox

Beneficiary does not have a Checkbox
passport number.

About Beneficiary

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H-1B Registration Tool: Review and Submit

Step

Section

Question

Review

Check your registration
before you submit

Check your registration before you submit

Field Type Instructional Text

Help Text

Required/
Optional

Primary
CTA
Next

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.

Your fee

Your form filing fee is: $XX.XX
Refund Policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your
application, petition, or request. By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge
that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you are paying the fees for a
government service.

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.

Summary

Authorized
Signatory
Signature

H-1B Registration
Summary

Here is a summary of all the information you provided in your registration.

Authorized Signatory's
Statement

I can read and understand English, and have read and understand every question and Checkbox
instruction on this registration, as well as my answer to every question.

Next

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.

You must read and agree to the
statement below.

Required

Next

Review and Submit

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H-1B Registration Tool: Review and Submit

Step

Section

Question

Authorized Signatory'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.

Field Type Instructional Text

Help Text

Required/
Optional

Primary
CTA

Required
Required

Next

You must read and agree to the
certification below.

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.

I have read and agree to the authorized signatory's statement.
Authorized Signatory's Signature

Payment

Checkbox

The final step to submit your H-1B Registration is to pay the required fee.
Your registration fee is: $XX.XX
Refund Policy: USCIS does not refund fees, regardless of any action we take on your
application, petition, or request. By continuing this transaction, you acknowledge
that you must submit fees in the exact amount and that you are paying the fees for a
government service.

Review and Submit

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H-1B Registration Tool: Review and Submit

Step

Section

Question

Pay for and submit your
registration

We will send you to Pay.gov — our safe, secure payment website — to make your
payment and submit your registration online.

Field Type Instructional Text

Help Text

Required/
Optional
Required

Primary
CTA
Pay and
submit

Here are the steps in the payment and submission process:
1. Provide your billing information on Pay.gov
2. Provide your credit card or U.S. bank account information
3. Submit your payment
When you have paid your fee, your registration will be submitted.
Pay.gov will redirect you to a uscis.gov confirmation screen. You can track the status
of your registration through your USCIS online account.
You have
successfully
submitted your H1B 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.

Go to
account
home

Review and Submit