In February 2021, the Biden administration announced the suspension of the Trump Administration’s H-1B policy for some more time. This allows the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modifications in the registration system.
The Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of America has issued some policy directives regarding H-1B work visas on Tuesday. It is being told that the agency has removed the rules brought in the tenure of former President Donald Trump and the rules of 2004 have been implemented.
What is H-1B Visa
H-1B visa is a permit for employment which is very popular among IT professionals in India. Every year around 85,000 people are selected for this visa among crores of applications. They are selected from the H-1B visa lottery system. USCIS has made the registration process online since the year 2020 to save time and costs. Let us tell you how you can apply for H-1B visa online.
Apply online
To apply for the H-1B visa lottery process, you must complete the electronic registration. You have to click on this link https://myaccount.uscis.gov/users/sign_up. When you click on this link, it will take you to the sign up page of USCIS. Here, you have to create an account as a ‘new registrant’. For this, you have to pay a registration fee of $ 10 which will be non-refundable.
Which details are necessary-
– Official name of sponsoring company.
– Sponsoring company address.
– Employer identification number of sponsoring company.
-The official name of the employee who obtained the H-1B visa is given in the passport.
– Employee’s Gender and its Date of Birth.
– Where that employee was born and his citizenship.
– Employee’s passport number.
– If the eligibility of the US Masters H1B quota is within the scope of the employee.
What after registration
After online registration, you will be informed whether you have been selected for the lottery or not. If you are elected, then you will have to give a formal and detailed H-1B application to USCIS, which will have to be completed within 90 days. At present, this process has been completed for this year and you will have to wait till March 9, 2022.
Ban on the decision of the Trump administration
In February 2021, the Biden administration announced the suspension of the Trump Administration’s H-1B policy for some more time. This allows the immigration agency more time to develop, test and implement the modifications in the registration system. On January 7, USCIC announced the abolition of the traditional lottery system for H-1B visas and the Trump administration rule was set to go into effect from March 9. Now this deadline has been increased to 31 December 2021.
