Due to the stringent regulations placed on H-1B petitions, have an immigration attorney handle your case so you have the most substantial evidence for your case. You must submit all registrations and payments successfully before noon Eastern, March 18, 2022, for consideration in the initial registration period selection process. You must agree to the Terms of Use, which include an attestation that you are the person that holds the account and that you will not share your account with others or allow others to use your account. USCIS may deny or revoke a petition based on a registration that contained a false attestation and was therefore not properly submitted. At noon EST on March 1. The legal representative will need to share this passcode with the registrant, so the registrant can add that individual as a representative and review and approve the draft H-1B registration and Form G-28. 2022, registration opens, and USCIS account holders can submit their registrations along with the non-refundable $10 registration fee. One: $550 for the initial registration process, which includes all preliminary case analyses required to file the case, such as SOC, duties, documents, educational check, evaluations, if necessary, FEIN, etc. A29. Also, we recommend that attorneys and authorized individuals who work for the same company coordinate to eliminate duplicates before submitting their registrations. Q10. Well go over the details of those restrictions and how to avoid an audit or denial. FY 2023 H-1B Cap Registration ProcessUpdate. If your payment initially fails or is canceled before it can be processed on Pay.gov, you will see a payment failure notification on the screen and your registration will not be submitted. Contact us to start the preparation process and ensure the best chance of selection. Q31. You have until March 18 while the initial registration period is still open to log into your account, review all of your H-1B registrations, and delete any duplicate registrations. Q20. You can sign in to your account at any time before the initial registration period closes at noon Eastern on March 18, 2022, to try the payment and registration submission again. To that end, USCIS also provides a tool to download a .csv file and search for duplicate entries. Q32. Using this check does not guarantee that you will not submit a duplicate. No. Alternatively, you can: You can continue to use a credit card, limiting your daily credit card transactions to a total of $24,999.99 per card. The most heavily evaluated cases are those with entry-level positions, Wage Level I salaries, and those that dont always require a bachelors degree. The original scope of related entities included parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate. Q18. A4. If that route is chosen instead, the legal fee for preparing the H-1b filing will be $2,300. Conversely, an H1B employee can have multiple job offers from different employers and more than one entry filed that way. If we cannot determine that the petitioning entity is the same as the prospective petitioner identified on the selected registration, we may reject or deny the petition. Q33. Please choose the correct account typeH-1B Registrant or Legal Representative, as applicablewhen you create your account. This calculation incorporates historical rates of non-filing for prospective petitioners whose registrations are selected but who do not file a petition based on those selected registrations. Or will the registrant use the same code that was generated at the initial creation of the Form G-28 each time they log in to review or edit it? There is an error message that indicates an email mismatch or invalid passcode. No. Invalidated-Failed Payment:A registration was submitted but the payment method was declined, not reconciled, disputed, or otherwise invalid. Those with selected registrations will have their myUSCIS accounts updated to include a selection notice, which includes details about when and where to file. A21.
Not Selected:Not selected not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration. Our system will not separately notify you that the registrant has approved the Form G-28 and H-1B registrations. Q22. The existing H-1B rule states that one employer can submit only one entry for a beneficiary into the H1B lottery. How should a registrant with a selected registration notify USCIS if they do not intend to file a petition? You will need to use a new email address to set up the H-1B registrant account type. A petitioner is eligible to refile their rejected petition as long as it is refiled within the designated 90-day filing window. A7. A24.
A17. What start date should petitioners with a selected registration indicate on their Form I-129? 2022 VisaNation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. If you do not, we will reject or deny your petition. Even when using this check function, the representative and the registrant still are responsible for ensuring that they do not submit duplicate registrations. Q24. This check will compare the beneficiaries listed in the draft with any registrations previously submitted during this registration period. How does the attorney set them up as a client and allow the contact for each division to sign for submissions of employees in their division? Yes, you will need to create a new account. Will the system prevent the representative and the registrant from both entering the same beneficiary? If we select a registration under the advanced degree exemption (under INA 214(g)(5)(C)) because the beneficiary has earned, or will earn prior to the filing of the petition, a masters or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, the beneficiary must be eligible for the advanced degree exemption at the time of filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. There is a daily transaction limit for credit cards of $24,999.99 per credit card per day. If a registrant no longer wants their attorney involved, they can end the relationship with the representative, and the registrant will still be able to see all registration information in their own registrant account(s). As a registrant, can I delete my account? The prohibition on an employer or related entities filing multiple H-1B cap petitions for the same beneficiary has not changed. The regulatory bar on multiple cap-subject H-1B filings states, in pertinent part: An employer may not file, in the same fiscal year, more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien if the alien is subject to the numerical limitations of section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Act or is exempt from those limitations under section 214(g)(5)(C) of the Act. In addition, we recommend that attorneys and authorized individuals who work for the same company communicate among themselves to eliminate duplicates before submitting their registrations. This is also true if one of the registrations submitted in a batch contains an error. Review our. Q14. A20. $10 for each registration. We do not refund the $10 fee if you delete a duplicate registration. USCIS is increasingly critical of cases that they adjudicate. If a prospective petitioner submits two registrations for people with the same name, date of birth, and no passport number, we would consider the registrations duplicates and, therefore, invalid. Q15. A5.
For more information about the H-1B program, visit ourH-1B Specialty Occupationswebpage. In the end, the Director revoked the petitions approval due to relatedness. A lock ( A locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Creating an online account is easy; please see the videos below. The price for an RFE response will remain between $500$1,600, depending upon the complexity of the RFE. Only these two account types will work with the H-1B electronic registration process. Your personal information is protected by our Privacy Policy. Yes. A13. Legal services are provided by VisaNation Law Group PLLC, a Florida professional limited liability company. Please see the video below for instructions about setting up an attorney or representative account. Q27. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Q1. A2. You can click No to this question and move on to the next question. If the initial selection process has been completed, this registration remains eligible, unless subsequently invalidated, for selection in any subsequent selections for the fiscal year for which it was submitted. We would not consider such registrations duplicates. For FY 2023, the attestation that is required before submission will indicate, I further certify that this registration (or these registrations) reflects a legitimate job offer and that I, or the organization on whose behalf this registration (or these registrations) is being submitted, have not worked with, or agreed to work with, another registrant, petitioner, agent, or other individual or entity to submit a registration to unfairly increase chances of selection for the beneficiary or beneficiaries in this submission.. They will need two separate accounts, one for each company. The company would need to have the individuals at each office create their own registrant account for which they are authorized to sign. New for FY 2023, USCIS has added duplicate checker functionality to the electronic registration process. Can an attorney represent a petitioner for an I-129 petition if the petitioner completed the H-1B electronic registration process without the help of the attorney? If the payment is later declined, rejected, disputed, or canceled after submission, the registration will be invalidated. Yes, they may. If USCIS believes that related entities (such as a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate) may not have a legitimate business need to file more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien . Two: $1,900 will be due if USCIS selects the petition in the lottery for filing, which includes all form/support letter preparation plus case filing within the timeframe. Q30. It will not check for duplicates within that draft or between drafts.
However, we would consider registrations as duplicates if the registrations are for the same prospective petitioners and the same prospective beneficiaries. This check will compare the beneficiaries listed in the draft with any registrations previously submitted during this registration period. Furthermore, the evidence submitted between the two was often identical. You may also use ouronline form,but you will get faster service by calling. Does a duplicate registration in a submission batch affect all registrations in the batch or only the duplicate registration? You can log into your account to check if the registrant has approved the Form G-28 and the H-1B registrations. We do not send the client passcode directly to the registrant. You will not be able to switch to a different account type yourself once you make an initial selection. A registrants USCIS online account will show one of the following statuses for each registration: H-1B cap-subject beneficiaries, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, must have a valid Selected registration notification for that specific fiscal yearin order fora registrant or representative to properly file an H-1B cap-subject petition. For FY 2022,wereceived308,613H-1B registrations andinitiallyselected87,500registrations projected as needed to reach the FY 2022 numerical allocations. Registrations can be submitted and paid for until the registration period closes at noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. . This fee excludes the cost of responding to any possible RFE that USCIS may issue on the case and any H-4 application required. Applicant/petitioner/requestor account Individuals use this type of account to prepare and file applications, petitions or other benefit requests. VisaNation Law Group has extensive knowledge and experience in the H-1B visa process. We also conducted a third selection in November 2021 of an additional 16,753 registrations. In such a situation, the petitioner should include a statement with their petition, with supporting documentation, explaining why the address on the registration differs from the address on the petition. If payment is completed with a credit card or debit card, the status of the registration in the system will indicate submitted following completion of the Pay.gov payment process. USCIS conducts the lottery, starting with the regular cap and ending with the masters cap. If you create a new Form G-28, the system will generate a new passcode for the new Form G-28. Will both the attorney and the client (prospective registrant) need to create a USCIS online account for the H-1B electronic registration process?
Prospective petitioners (also known as registrants) must use a registrant account within myUSCIS to submit registrations. Will USCIS invalidate registrations as duplicates if the same representative submits two registrations for the same beneficiary, but for two unrelated companies? The submission, however, will only be valid once processing of the payment is completed. Will the H-1B registration system affect how USCIS handles the prohibited filing of multiple H-1B petitions for the same beneficiary by related entities? Check your inbox to confirm your email and download the free e-book. What happens if my payment initially clears, but then fails (for example, payment is made using an electronic check that my bank then returns)? May an authorized signatory within the company, who is different from the authorized signatory who signed the H-1B electronic registration, sign the paper Form I-129? If you choose the wrong account type, you may use a new email address to create a new account in myUSCIS and choose the correct account type. A31. Selections will take place after the initial registration period closes, so there is no requirement to register on the day the initial registration period opens. Registrations that we find are duplicates will be invalid. All clients (prospective registrants) will need to create an H-1B registrant account to review and approve the Form G-28 and H-1B registrations as part of the electronic registration process. If you have paper-filed cases that are eligible to be added to your online account, your USCIS notices for those cases should include your online account number. Even if the attorney submitted a Form G-28 to represent a registrant for the registration process, they would still need to submit a new Form G-28 with the Form I-129 petition. A25. If your payment is declined, your H-1B registration will be invalidated. If your registration is invalidated due to a failed payment after the registration period closes, you will not be able to submit a new registration. A registrant will not be able to appeal our finding that the registrations are duplicates. Q28. We do not refund the $10 fee for a removed registration. A9. The authorized signatory who signed the registration does not need to be the same authorized signatory who signs the Form I-129. USCIS has been clear that they will revoke or deny the approval of multiple cap-subject petitions filed by related entities for one beneficiary unless a legitimate business needs to do so. Although we will not automatically reject the Form I-129 petition for typos on the selected registration in comparison with the Form I-129, the burden is on the registrant/petitioner to confirm that all registration and petition information is correct and to establish that the H-1B cap petition is based on a valid registration submitted for the beneficiary named in thepetition and selected by USCIS. Do I need to use a new email address to set up the H-1B registrant account? On or by March 31, 2022, USCIS notifies lottery winners. While the status of the registration in the system will indicate submitted following completion of the Pay.gov payment process, the submission will only be valid once your payment clears. Will the system allow for multiple staff members to log into my account at the same time? Is there an appeal process for registrations that USCIS finds are invalid duplicates? Q25. There are three types of USCIS online accounts: A prospective petitioner may only have one registration submitted per beneficiary per fiscal year. If you do not know your account number, this will not affect your H-1B registration. Your registration data will be available in your account for 30 days from the date you last worked on your registrations. Q6. . It is up to the representative and registrant to ensure that the registrant maintains access to submissions made for them and any updates related to those submissions. Before you submit your registration(s), you can check if the registrant named in the draft submission previously submitted a registration for any of the beneficiaries included in that draft submission for the same fiscal year.
Yes. You do not need to create a new legal representative account unless you do not have one. Before you submit your registration(s), you can check whether the registrant named in the draft submission previously submitted a registration for any of the beneficiaries included in that draft submission for the same fiscal year. If your checking information is not accurate, your payment will be declined when presented to your financial institution. The information contained on this website is for general information purposes only and is not a substitute for legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Not Selected:Not selected not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration. Our system will not separately notify you that the registrant has approved the Form G-28 and H-1B registrations. Q22. The existing H-1B rule states that one employer can submit only one entry for a beneficiary into the H1B lottery. How should a registrant with a selected registration notify USCIS if they do not intend to file a petition? You will need to use a new email address to set up the H-1B registrant account type. A petitioner is eligible to refile their rejected petition as long as it is refiled within the designated 90-day filing window. A7. A24.
A17. What start date should petitioners with a selected registration indicate on their Form I-129? 2022 VisaNation, Inc. All Rights Reserved. If you do not, we will reject or deny your petition. Even when using this check function, the representative and the registrant still are responsible for ensuring that they do not submit duplicate registrations. Q24. This check will compare the beneficiaries listed in the draft with any registrations previously submitted during this registration period. How does the attorney set them up as a client and allow the contact for each division to sign for submissions of employees in their division? Yes, you will need to create a new account. Will the system prevent the representative and the registrant from both entering the same beneficiary? If we select a registration under the advanced degree exemption (under INA 214(g)(5)(C)) because the beneficiary has earned, or will earn prior to the filing of the petition, a masters or higher degree from a U.S. institution of higher education, the beneficiary must be eligible for the advanced degree exemption at the time of filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker. There is a daily transaction limit for credit cards of $24,999.99 per credit card per day. If a registrant no longer wants their attorney involved, they can end the relationship with the representative, and the registrant will still be able to see all registration information in their own registrant account(s). As a registrant, can I delete my account? The prohibition on an employer or related entities filing multiple H-1B cap petitions for the same beneficiary has not changed. The regulatory bar on multiple cap-subject H-1B filings states, in pertinent part: An employer may not file, in the same fiscal year, more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien if the alien is subject to the numerical limitations of section 214(g)(1)(A) of the Act or is exempt from those limitations under section 214(g)(5)(C) of the Act. In addition, we recommend that attorneys and authorized individuals who work for the same company communicate among themselves to eliminate duplicates before submitting their registrations. This is also true if one of the registrations submitted in a batch contains an error. Review our. Q14. A20. $10 for each registration. We do not refund the $10 fee if you delete a duplicate registration. USCIS is increasingly critical of cases that they adjudicate. If a prospective petitioner submits two registrations for people with the same name, date of birth, and no passport number, we would consider the registrations duplicates and, therefore, invalid. Q15. A5.
For more information about the H-1B program, visit ourH-1B Specialty Occupationswebpage. In the end, the Director revoked the petitions approval due to relatedness. A lock ( A locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Creating an online account is easy; please see the videos below. The price for an RFE response will remain between $500$1,600, depending upon the complexity of the RFE. Only these two account types will work with the H-1B electronic registration process. Your personal information is protected by our Privacy Policy. Yes. A13. Legal services are provided by VisaNation Law Group PLLC, a Florida professional limited liability company. Please see the video below for instructions about setting up an attorney or representative account. Q27. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Q1. A2. You can click No to this question and move on to the next question. If the initial selection process has been completed, this registration remains eligible, unless subsequently invalidated, for selection in any subsequent selections for the fiscal year for which it was submitted. We would not consider such registrations duplicates. For FY 2023, the attestation that is required before submission will indicate, I further certify that this registration (or these registrations) reflects a legitimate job offer and that I, or the organization on whose behalf this registration (or these registrations) is being submitted, have not worked with, or agreed to work with, another registrant, petitioner, agent, or other individual or entity to submit a registration to unfairly increase chances of selection for the beneficiary or beneficiaries in this submission.. They will need two separate accounts, one for each company. The company would need to have the individuals at each office create their own registrant account for which they are authorized to sign. New for FY 2023, USCIS has added duplicate checker functionality to the electronic registration process. Can an attorney represent a petitioner for an I-129 petition if the petitioner completed the H-1B electronic registration process without the help of the attorney? If the payment is later declined, rejected, disputed, or canceled after submission, the registration will be invalidated. Yes, they may. If USCIS believes that related entities (such as a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate) may not have a legitimate business need to file more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same alien . Two: $1,900 will be due if USCIS selects the petition in the lottery for filing, which includes all form/support letter preparation plus case filing within the timeframe. Q30. It will not check for duplicates within that draft or between drafts.
However, we would consider registrations as duplicates if the registrations are for the same prospective petitioners and the same prospective beneficiaries. This check will compare the beneficiaries listed in the draft with any registrations previously submitted during this registration period. Furthermore, the evidence submitted between the two was often identical. You may also use ouronline form,but you will get faster service by calling. Does a duplicate registration in a submission batch affect all registrations in the batch or only the duplicate registration? You can log into your account to check if the registrant has approved the Form G-28 and the H-1B registrations. We do not send the client passcode directly to the registrant. You will not be able to switch to a different account type yourself once you make an initial selection. A registrants USCIS online account will show one of the following statuses for each registration: H-1B cap-subject beneficiaries, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, must have a valid Selected registration notification for that specific fiscal yearin order fora registrant or representative to properly file an H-1B cap-subject petition. For FY 2022,wereceived308,613H-1B registrations andinitiallyselected87,500registrations projected as needed to reach the FY 2022 numerical allocations. Registrations can be submitted and paid for until the registration period closes at noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. . This fee excludes the cost of responding to any possible RFE that USCIS may issue on the case and any H-4 application required. Applicant/petitioner/requestor account Individuals use this type of account to prepare and file applications, petitions or other benefit requests. VisaNation Law Group has extensive knowledge and experience in the H-1B visa process. We also conducted a third selection in November 2021 of an additional 16,753 registrations. In such a situation, the petitioner should include a statement with their petition, with supporting documentation, explaining why the address on the registration differs from the address on the petition. If payment is completed with a credit card or debit card, the status of the registration in the system will indicate submitted following completion of the Pay.gov payment process. USCIS conducts the lottery, starting with the regular cap and ending with the masters cap. If you create a new Form G-28, the system will generate a new passcode for the new Form G-28. Will both the attorney and the client (prospective registrant) need to create a USCIS online account for the H-1B electronic registration process?
Prospective petitioners (also known as registrants) must use a registrant account within myUSCIS to submit registrations. Will USCIS invalidate registrations as duplicates if the same representative submits two registrations for the same beneficiary, but for two unrelated companies? The submission, however, will only be valid once processing of the payment is completed. Will the H-1B registration system affect how USCIS handles the prohibited filing of multiple H-1B petitions for the same beneficiary by related entities? Check your inbox to confirm your email and download the free e-book. What happens if my payment initially clears, but then fails (for example, payment is made using an electronic check that my bank then returns)? May an authorized signatory within the company, who is different from the authorized signatory who signed the H-1B electronic registration, sign the paper Form I-129? If you choose the wrong account type, you may use a new email address to create a new account in myUSCIS and choose the correct account type. A31. Selections will take place after the initial registration period closes, so there is no requirement to register on the day the initial registration period opens. Registrations that we find are duplicates will be invalid. All clients (prospective registrants) will need to create an H-1B registrant account to review and approve the Form G-28 and H-1B registrations as part of the electronic registration process. If you have paper-filed cases that are eligible to be added to your online account, your USCIS notices for those cases should include your online account number. Even if the attorney submitted a Form G-28 to represent a registrant for the registration process, they would still need to submit a new Form G-28 with the Form I-129 petition. A25. If your payment is declined, your H-1B registration will be invalidated. If your registration is invalidated due to a failed payment after the registration period closes, you will not be able to submit a new registration. A registrant will not be able to appeal our finding that the registrations are duplicates. Q28. We do not refund the $10 fee for a removed registration. A9. The authorized signatory who signed the registration does not need to be the same authorized signatory who signs the Form I-129. USCIS has been clear that they will revoke or deny the approval of multiple cap-subject petitions filed by related entities for one beneficiary unless a legitimate business needs to do so. Although we will not automatically reject the Form I-129 petition for typos on the selected registration in comparison with the Form I-129, the burden is on the registrant/petitioner to confirm that all registration and petition information is correct and to establish that the H-1B cap petition is based on a valid registration submitted for the beneficiary named in thepetition and selected by USCIS. Do I need to use a new email address to set up the H-1B registrant account? On or by March 31, 2022, USCIS notifies lottery winners. While the status of the registration in the system will indicate submitted following completion of the Pay.gov payment process, the submission will only be valid once your payment clears. Will the system allow for multiple staff members to log into my account at the same time? Is there an appeal process for registrations that USCIS finds are invalid duplicates? Q25. There are three types of USCIS online accounts: A prospective petitioner may only have one registration submitted per beneficiary per fiscal year. If you do not know your account number, this will not affect your H-1B registration. Your registration data will be available in your account for 30 days from the date you last worked on your registrations. Q6. . It is up to the representative and registrant to ensure that the registrant maintains access to submissions made for them and any updates related to those submissions. Before you submit your registration(s), you can check if the registrant named in the draft submission previously submitted a registration for any of the beneficiaries included in that draft submission for the same fiscal year.
Yes. You do not need to create a new legal representative account unless you do not have one. Before you submit your registration(s), you can check whether the registrant named in the draft submission previously submitted a registration for any of the beneficiaries included in that draft submission for the same fiscal year. If your checking information is not accurate, your payment will be declined when presented to your financial institution. The information contained on this website is for general information purposes only and is not a substitute for legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship.