The fiscal year 2025 (March 2024) H-1Bcap registration period will open at noon eastern on March 6, 2024 and runthrough noon eastern on March 22, 2024. For fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap filings, employerswill also have the option of filing Form I-129 electronically on the USCISwebsite.
On January 30, 2024, USCIS announced afinal rule to reducethe potential for fraud in the H-1B registration process. The new rule selects H-1Bcap entries by each unique employee, instead of by each registration. Thisgives each employee the same chance of selection, regardless of how manyregistrations were submitted on that employee’s behalf.
With this update to the registrationprocess, the employee is required to include valid passport or travel documentinformation, and a employee cannot register under more than one passport ortravel document.
USCIS has also provided clarificationthat for H-1B cap petitions, a start date after October 1 of the relevantfiscal year is allowed.