Registration for H1-B visas for FY23 to begin in March: US

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H1-B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18.</p>
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In a statement on Saturday, the USCIS said that during the above mentioned period "prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system".<br />
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The USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted which will be used solely to track registrations.<br />
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This number however, cannot be used to track the case status online, the statement said.<br />
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It further said that prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the required $10 registration fee.<br />
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"Prospective petitioners submitting their own registrations will use a 'registrant' account. Registrants will be able to create new accounts beginning at noon on February 21."<br />
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US employers and agents are collectively known as "registrants".<br />
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The USCIS said that once enough registrations are received by the March 18 deadline, there will be a random selection after which selection notifications will be via users' myUSCIS online accounts.<br />
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The H1-B visa allows companies and other employers in the US to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialised knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent, according to the USCIS.<br />
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Every year the US gives 65,000 H1-B visas open to all and 20,000 to those with advanced US degrees.<br />
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Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H1-B visas getting about 75 per cent of them, according to the US government.</p>