USCIS Extended FY 2025 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period To March 25

• Published date: 05 April 2024
• Subject Matter: Immigration, General Immigration
• Law Firm: Klasko
• Author: Klasko &nbsp

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 21, 2024, that it extended the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. The initial registration period, which opened at noon ET on March 6, 2024, and was originally scheduled to run through noon ET on March 22, 2024. The new close date was noon ET on March 25, 2024. USCIS said it was "aware of a temporary system outage experienced by some registrants, and extended the registration period to provide additional time due to this issue."

During this period, prospective petitioners and their representatives, if applicable, used...