Today the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that the agency has completed the H-1B electronic registration selection process (also known as the “H-1B Lottery”) and that employers and their legal representatives can login to their my.USCIS.gov accounts to confirm their selected cases.
Employers can begin submitting H-1B cap petitions for selected cases starting on April 1, 2022, and the filing window will close on June 30, 2022. USCIS has stated that, due to increased filing volumes typically seen during H-1B cap filing periods, even where a petition is timely and properly filed, there may be delays in their issuance of Form I-797 receipt notices.
For individuals who were not selected, USCIS will keep their registrations available and open until the end of the fiscal year as, in the event that additional visa numbers become available (due to denials, withdrawals, or failure to file after selection), USCIS may go back in and randomly select additional cases for processing as they have done in years past. Should they do this, they will make an announcement later this year, noting that multiple additional lotteries are possible.