Five business and nonprofit organizations by AILA. AILA Board members Jeff Joseph of Joseph and Hall PC, Charles Kuck of Kuck Baxter Immigration LLC, and Greg Siskind of Siskind Susser PC filed a complaint against DHS to enjoin the USCIS final rule creating a wage-based selection process for H-1B Lottery. AILA’s Director of Federal Litigation Jesse Bless stated, “Choosing highly-skilled workers solely on the basis of wages arbitrarily aligns a worker’s pay with value, something wrong and non-American.”

The lottery is one of many stages in the H1B application process.

First, applicants must have a sponsor lined up to support their application. The sponsor submits a registration for the worker during the annual registration window during April. The registration requires only brief details relating to the applicant.