{"id":54064,"date":"2025-02-07T05:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=54064"},"modified":"2025-02-07T05:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:14:22","slug":"h-1b-visa-initial-registration-period-to-begin-from-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=54064","title":{"rendered":"H-1B Visa Initial Registration Period To Begin From Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
The initial registration period for the H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2026 will commence on March 7 and close on March 24, a US agency has said.<\/p>\n
Indians are the main beneficiaries of the H-1B visas, which bring in the best of the talent and brains from across the world. Highly skilled professionals from India walk away with the overwhelming number of H-1B visas – which is Congressional mandated 65,0000 every year and another 20,000 for those who received higher education from the US.<\/p>\n
What is an H-1B Visa<\/strong><\/p>\n The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.<\/p>\n Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.<\/p>\n What is the registration fee for H-1B Visa<\/strong><\/p>\n The registration fee is for H-1B Visa is USD 215.<\/p>\n The initial registration period for the most sought-after H-1B visas for foreign guest workers for fiscal 2026 will open at noon Eastern Time (10:30 pm IST) on March 7 and run through noon Eastern Time (10:30 pm IST) on March 24, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives must use a USCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the associated registration fee for each beneficiary, it said.<\/p>\n The USCIS further said that the FY 2026 H-1B cap will use the beneficiary-centric selection process launched in FY 2025. The US fiscal begins on October 1.<\/p>\n \u200bThe initial registration period for the H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2026 will commence on March 7 and close on March 24, a US agency has said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The initial registration period for the H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2026 will commence on March 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":54065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t