H-1B Registration with INSZoom (FY2021+)

INSZoom has developed an H-1B Registration tool to help manage the H-1B Registration process - record management, status management, communication, billing and reporting. However, actual registration will still need to be completed through the myUSCIS portal. 

Features & Functions:

• Collect and validate data for H-1B registrations (both employer & beneficiary data)

• Bulk import of H-1B Registration beneficiary data into INSZoom from a prepared spreadsheet (template provided by INSZoom)

• Be Registration Ready - Validate data for completeness, accuracy and for potential duplicate records prior to Registration in myUSCIS

• E-File H-1B registrations from INSZoom (using existing E-File Chrome extension)

• Bulk Status Update using INSZoom (upload the .csv export from myUSCIS H-1B Registrations directly to INSZoom)

• Track and manage H-1B Registrations using the new ‘H-1B Registration’ dashboard in INSZoom (overall & by each employer)

• Broadcast mass communications with both Employers and Beneficiaries throughout the process

• Manage Billing with Corporate clients for the Registration

• Advanced Reporting on H-1B registration for Firm and Corporation Users

Workflow:

1. Data Collection:

Bulk H-1B Beneficiary import template

Login to INSZoom and click here to download the bulk H-1B Beneficiary Import template. You can also download in INSZoom from the following path:

Setup > Help > Downloads > INSZoom Help Files > H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Data Collection Template

Create one excel sheet (template) per corporation/employer. Add the H-1B beneficiary data in each, as appropriate, and save to your local system.

Sample H-1B beneficiary import template (note the duplicate and invalid records)

Once the template data has been collected, navigate to the new H-1B Registration left menu item at a Corporation/Employer directly or from the main H-1B Registration Module menu item, click the Corporation/Employer name. 

*If you are unable to see this left menu item, please ensure you have “United States of America” as a country linked. (My Settings > My INSZoom > Country)

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2. Pre-Registration:

Start from an existing corporation/employer or create a new one if not existing.Click the "H-1B Registration" option in the left menu. Click the "Corporation Details" tab to update the necessary employer details required for the H-1B Registration submissions.

Click on the "H-1B Beneficiaries" tab. Click the "Import Beneficiaries" button to import your list from the template.

Simply drag & drop the completed template onto the drop-zone or click “browse” to locate and identify.  Then click “Upload & verify”.

Note – the system will notify users if there are any validations/errors in the template uploaded.

Click “Start import” when ready to add to this Corporation/Employer or review errors/exceptions identified by the system and correct in the template and re-upload.

You can click "Start Over", correct the data in the sheet (template) and upload it again.  Or you can “Continue Anyway” and move forward without importing the invalid record(s).

If the import is successful, the following screen will be displayed:

Click an H-1B Beneficiary name in the "H-1B Beneficiaries" tab to view/update the specific information required for the registration submission if needed.

The system will check for existing matching Foreign Nationals prior to creating new records. You can simply add all H-1B Beneficiaries to the template provided and import, no need to worry about creating duplicates.

If a Foreign National already exists in the system but is not present in the template and you would like to include them in the Registration submission, use the "All Beneficiaries" tab, locate & select the beneficiary and click "Include for H-1B Registration".

You can view all logs of imported data in "Import Logs" tab.This will help you validate and audit what data was imported specifically.

Click “My Uploads” for a list of uploaded templates and date/timestamp of the import.They can be downloaded and reviewed if necessary to view exactly what was imported.

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3. Registration (E-File to myUSCIS H-1B Registration portal)

To get started with E-Filing, you will need a Chrome (browser) with the INSZoom E-File extension enabled. 
*Note - No additional configuration/setup needed if you are already using the INSZoom E-Filing extension. If you do not have our extension, please launch a chrome browser, go to chrome extensions and add the “INSZoom E-File” extension.Click here to view the extension.

Once you are filing/registration ready with the H-1B Beneficiary records for a specific Corporate Client, click the ‘E-File’ button (‘H-1B Beneficiaries’ tab)

A new window will be launched with the myUSCIS portal login.Continue to login as the appropriate user/account type. All H-1B Registration Beneficiary records with status of ’Pending Registration’ will be included for submission to myUSCIS portal.

*Note – if more than 250 beneficiaries exist, 1 batch of 250 of pending registrations will be sent over to the Registration portal (myUSCIS requirement of 250 or less beneficiaries per submission)

Once logged into the myUSCIS portal, add this specific Corporate client in myUSCIS portal using ‘Add a client to my account’ if not existing.  If existing, skip to the next step and locate the appropriate Corporate Client.

If the corporate client record already exists, locate and simply click ‘Start a form’ then H-1B Registration (follow on-screen instructions)

INSZoom’s E-File will then populate data into myUSCIS portal. Continue with the process and you will be notified when the INSZoom E-File program is ready to populate data into myUSCIS portal.

Click “OK” on the above prompt, and almost instantly, you will notice all the required data for the Employer, Authorized Signatory and the related Beneficiaries from INSZoom H-1B Registration module created in your draft myUSCIS registration case.

Review the data populated by INSZoom E-File program for accuracy before you submit the registration.

After the successful H-1B Registration in myUSCIS portal, please return to INSZoom and update the related H-1B Beneficiary record(s) with status- 'Submitted'. This step is vital to ensuring the H-1B BNF Registration status is in sync between both INSZoom and the myUSCIS portal registration.

*note – you can manually update BNF Registration status per beneficiary or you can also do a bulk update using the .csv export directly from the myUSCIS registration and upload to INSZoom (see bulk update feature)

Continue to manually enter the Beneficiary Confirmation Number & Submission date and click “Save”.

Note – if Selected, the Confirmation Number will flow to the subsequent H-1B Case and forms created as necessary

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4. Bulk Status Update – using .csv export from myUSCIS H-1B Registration

Using the .csv export directly from the myUSCIS H-1B Registration submission, users can update data in INSZoom in a bulk fashion!Simply download from your myUSCIS registration and upload directly to INSZoom at the corporation / employer’s H-1B Registration module.

Find the appropriate corporation / employer and click “Bulk Update”

Simply upload the .csv directly as downloaded/exported from the myUSCIS registration.  The system will check for an exact matching record first, and if found, will update the appropriate beneficiary registration data.If a match is found, the “Status”, “BNF Confirmation Number” and “Submitted Date” will be updated.If the system is unable to find a match, an error alert will be provided to the user that an update cannot be made to those records.

The Bulk Update feature can be utilized throughout the H-1B process, for Registrations that are Selected, Denied or subsequently Not Selected.

Now that H-1B Registrations are complete, you can use INSZoom's billing module to generate invoices directly in the beneficiary profiles.
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5. Selection - Mass Communications with Clients (Employers or Beneficiaries)

INSZoom’s “Broadcast” message tool can be accessed at Setup > Settings > Organization Tools > Broadcast Messages. Click on "New message" and in "Choose Recipients" drop-down, choose "Import your own List" option. Here you can upload the recipient list to broadcast message to multiple beneficiaries.

If beneficiary list is not large, then you can send the email individually from the respective beneficiary profile.

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6. H-1B Petition Filing

The new Registration Phase has been added in our related process modules – "H-1B Registration" and "H-1B Process Module". New fields related to H-1B Registration are available under the “Process Fields” tab. 

Go to: Knowledgebase >> Petition Details (select Petition) >> Process Module

Registration Submitted On

Registration Status - Selected, Denied

Selected On

Beneficiary Confirmation Number – unique identifier received from myUSCIS which will flow to the required form(s)

Last Date to File H-1B Petition -- Date specified in selection notice

Denial Date

If you are using H-1B petition type for H-1B cap cases, click on "Process Module" in left menu and attach "H-1B Process Module" module if not already attached.

In the Beneficiary’s FY2021+ H-1B case profile, go to the Process Module / Process Fields and select “2021” in the “H-1B Cap Fiscal Year”.

The appropriate H-1B Registration section will then be displayed and will pre-populate the information maintained in the H-1B Registration Module.

Note - Applicable only to FY2021+ cap-subject H-1B petitions

*Note – fields will be displayed dynamically based on the Status value selection and data will flow to appropriate forms wherever required

We hope this helps you in managing the new H-1B FY2021+ Registration and cap-subject petition features and functions, but in case you need any support or additional guidance please reach out directly via the in-app support chat feature or via support@inszoom.com