USCIS Completes Its Second Random Selection for FY 2025 H-1B Regular Cap

On July 30, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would need to select additional electronic registration to reach the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 H-1B Regular Cap numerical allocation.

Yesterday, on August 5, 2024, USCIS announced that its projections indicate it has randomly selected a sufficient number of electronic registrations needed to reach the FY 2025 H-1B Regular Cap numerical allocation.

USCIS has notified all prospective U.S. employers with selected electronic registrations from this second round of random selections that they are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition for the employee named in the applicable selected electronic registration.

Only U.S. employers with selected electronic registrations may file H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY 2025, and only for the employee named in the applicable selected electronic registration notice. 

U.S. employers must properly file the H-1B cap-subject petition at the correct filing location or online and within the filing period indicated on the selection notice. The period for filing the H-1B cap-subject petition will be at least 90 days. U.S. employers must include a copy of the selection notice with the FY 2025 H-1B cap-subject petition.

Having your electronic registration randomly selected only pertains to eligibility to file an H-1B cap-subject petition. U.S. employers filing H-1B cap-subject petitions must still establish eligibility for petition approval based on existing statutory and regulatory requirements.

If you have questions about submitting a H-1B cap-subject petition, or if you have questions about working in the United States, please reach out to our Immigration Practice Group.

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