USCIS Completes Initial Registration Selection Process to Meet Fiscal Year 2023 H-1B Cap

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 29, 2022, that it had received enough electronic registrations during the initial H-1B registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). USCIS randomly selected from among the registrations properly submitted to reach the cap. All prospective petitioners with selected registrations have been notified that they are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition for the beneficiary named in the selected registration. 

Registrants’ online accounts will now show one of the following statuses for each registration (that is, for each beneficiary registered): 

  • Submitted: The registration has been submitted and is eligible for selection. If the initial selection process has been completed, this registration remains eligible, unless subsequently invalidated, for selection in any subsequent selections for the fiscal year for which it was submitted. 

  • Selected: Selected to file an H-1B cap petition. 

  • Denied: Multiple registrations were submitted by or on behalf of the same registrant for the same beneficiary. If denied as a duplicate registration, all registrations submitted by or on behalf of the same registrant for this beneficiary for the fiscal year are invalid. 

  • Invalidated-Failed Payment: A registration was submitted but the payment method was declined, rejected, disputed, or cancelled after submission. 

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