US H-1B visa enrollment is going to close soon. The American Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has given this information by issuing a statement. USCIS said the initial registration date for H-1B visas for fiscal year 2025 is ending on March 22.
Foreign nationals working in the US require an H-1B visa. Its registration window opened on March 6. The statement released said that the date for registration of H-1B visas will end on March 22 at 12 noon (9.30 pm IST).
Registration will be done online. You must use a myUSCIS account for this. The application and its fee will also be paid on this.
These documents have to be provided
For registration you need to provide information about valid passport details and valid travel documents. If any irregularities are found then the application can be canceled.
After registration is complete, those selected will be notified on their myUSCIS online account by March 31. After this online form for HB cap petition will be submitted from April 1. While the application date for H-1B non-cap will be announced soon.
USCIS stated that Application Form I-129 for Nonimmigrant Worker and Application Form I-907 for Premium Service are available online.
Visa fee has increased
Visa applications for FY 2025 will be accepted from April 1. After years the American government has also increased the visa fee. The visa fee has been increased from $10 to $110. So the registration fee for H-1B visa has also been increased from $10 to $215.
What is an H-1B visa?
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa. It allows American companies to hire foreign workers. An H-1B visa is issued whenever a person works for an American company.
Until now, if a person’s H-1B visa expired, they had to return to their home country to renew it. But now you don’t have to come home for the renewal process. The visa will be renewed only after staying in America.
Simplifying the H-1B visa renewal process will benefit nearly one million people, and a large number of them will be Indians. Millions of Indians work in America. In 2022, the US government granted H-1B to 4.42 lakh people. Out of which 73 percent were Indians.
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