Sponsoring employers may submit registrations for the FY 2026 H-1B cap between noon ET on March 7, 2025, and noon ET on March 24, 2025, USCIS has announced. For the second consecutive year, USCIS will use a beneficiary-centric registration selection system, meaning a random computerized lottery will select the unique beneficiaries, rather than the individual employer registrations, for which an H-1B cap petition may be submitted.
Also for the second consecutive year, the myUSCIS organizational account system will be available for employers and will permit collaboration within organizations and with legal representatives. Prospective H-1B employers can create new organizational accounts or upgrade their existing accounts to an organizational account at any time and continuing through the end of the registration period on March 24.
An important change from prior H-1B cap registration years is an increase in the registration filing fee – for FY 2026, the fee will increase to $215 per beneficiary, up from $10 in prior years. The fee increase was announced last year, as part of a broad USCIS fee rule.