H-1B Visa Application Process To Begin From March 6

Announcing an overhaul of its annual lottery for H-1B specialty occupation visas, the US government plans to curb potential fraud and improve the registration system for these visas, popular among Indian IT professionals. The overhauled system includes the provision of a beneficiary-centric selection process for registrations by employers.

Unlike in the past when multiple applications by an individual often resulted in abuse in fraud of the system, the H-1B visa applications would now be counted and accepted based on individual applicants. Even if one individual files multiple applications for various companies, they would be counted as one application based on their personal credentials like passport numbers.

.@DHSgov has published a final rule amending its regulations relating to the H-1B registration selection process based on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on Oct. 23, 2023: https://t.co/OfNnQxlFPQ (1/3)— USCIS (@USCIS) January 30, 2024