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America will begin early registration for H-1B foreign work visa applications. The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to hire foreign workers in specific occupations.

Early registration for H-1B visa applications for fiscal year 2025 will begin March 6 and run through March 22. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) gave this information on Tuesday. The announcement comes as part of a final rule to strengthen the integrity and reduce the potential for fraud of the nonimmigrant visa registration process, which allows US employers to hire foreign workers in certain occupations.

Some of the steps taken by the federal agency include reducing the possibility of gaming the registration system and ensuring that every beneficiary has an equal chance of being selected regardless of the number of registrations submitted on their behalf. "The early registration period for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap will open on March 6, 2024 Eastern Central and will run through March 22, 2024 Eastern Central,"

"During this period, prospective applicants and their representatives, if applicable, will need to create a USCIS online account to electronically register each beneficiary for the selection process and pay the associated registration fee for each beneficiary," the statement said. must be used." The agency's final rule includes provisions that would create a beneficiary-centered selection process for enrollment by employers, codify start date flexibility for certain petitions subject to the congressionally mandated H-1B cap, and add more integrity solutions related to the enrollment process. 

USCIS Director Ur M. "We are always looking for ways to strengthen integrity and reduce the potential for fraud while improving and streamlining our application processes," Jaddou said. "Improvements in these areas would make H-1B selection fairer for applicants and beneficiaries and allow the H-1B process to be fully electronic, from registration, if applicable, to final decision and transmission of approved applications to the Department of State. "Allowed."

Under the beneficiary-centric process, enrollment will be selected by a unique beneficiary rather than by enrollment. This new process is designed to reduce the possibility of fraud and ensure that every beneficiary has an equal chance of being selected, regardless of the number of registrations submitted by employers on their behalf. Beginning with the initial enrollment period for fiscal year 2025, USCIS will require the provision of valid passport information or valid travel document information for each beneficiary. The passport or travel document provided must be the same that the beneficiary, if overseas, intends to use to enter the US when the H-1B visa is issued. Each beneficiary should register under only one passport or travel document, USCIS said.