USCIS: H-1B Registration Begins March 7
Employers intending to sponsor foreign workers for H-1B visas can begin submitting registrations for the fiscal 2026 H-1B cap on March 7. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the registration period will open at noon ET on March 7 and run through noon ET on March 24. Late registrations will not be accepted. Prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives are required to use a USCIS online account to register each worker for the selection process and pay the associated $215 H-1B registration fee for each registration. The increased fee is new this year, up from $10 in prior years. The fee increase was announced in 2024 , as part of a broader USCIS fee rule. For the second consecutive year, USCIS will use a beneficiary-centric registration selection system , rather than selecting from among the submitted registrations as a whole, in order to mitigate fraud. In other words, each worker will only be entered into ...