<p>The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H-1B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18.</p>.<p>In a statement on Saturday, the USCIS said that during the above mentioned period "prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system".</p>.<p>The USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted which will be used solely to track registrations.</p>.<p>This number however, cannot be used to track the case status online, the statement said.</p>.<p>It further said that prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the required $10 registration fee.</p>.<p>"Prospective petitioners submitting their own registrations will use a 'registrant' account. Registrants will be able to create new accounts beginning at noon on February 21."</p>.<p>US employers and agents are collectively known as "registrants".</p>.<p>The USCIS said that once enough registrations are received by the March 18 deadline, there will be a random selection after which selection notifications will be via users' myUSCIS online accounts.</p>.<p>The H-1B visa allows companies and other employers in the US to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialised knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent, according to the USCIS.</p>.<p>Every year the US gives 65,000 H-1B visas open to all and 20,000 to those with advanced US degrees.</p>.<p>Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visas getting about 75 per cent of them, according to the US government.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>
<p>The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H-1B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18.</p>.<p>In a statement on Saturday, the USCIS said that during the above mentioned period "prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system".</p>.<p>The USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted which will be used solely to track registrations.</p>.<p>This number however, cannot be used to track the case status online, the statement said.</p>.<p>It further said that prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the required $10 registration fee.</p>.<p>"Prospective petitioners submitting their own registrations will use a 'registrant' account. Registrants will be able to create new accounts beginning at noon on February 21."</p>.<p>US employers and agents are collectively known as "registrants".</p>.<p>The USCIS said that once enough registrations are received by the March 18 deadline, there will be a random selection after which selection notifications will be via users' myUSCIS online accounts.</p>.<p>The H-1B visa allows companies and other employers in the US to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialised knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent, according to the USCIS.</p>.<p>Every year the US gives 65,000 H-1B visas open to all and 20,000 to those with advanced US degrees.</p>.<p>Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visas getting about 75 per cent of them, according to the US government.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>