On December 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed pilot testing and is implementing the long-anticipated electronic registration tool for the next H-1B lottery of fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B visas. In its announcement, USCIS indicated that the initial H-1B cap registration period will run from March 1, 2020 through March 20, 2020, and selected cases may be submitted starting April 1. Previously, on Nov. 8, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule establishing a $10 fee for each H-1B registration submitted by petitioners.