USCIS has filled the quota for additional returning worker H-2B visas for the early second half of FY2024, receiving enough petitions to reach the cap of 19,000 visas. These visas are for returning workers with start dates from April 1, 2024, to May 14, 2024. However, USCIS is still accepting petitions for the additional country-specific allocation of 20,000 H-2B visas.…
The USCIS has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B cap for the second half of FY2023, and has announced the filing dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the rest of FY2023. The final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B work petitions requesting a start date on or after April 1, 2023, is February 27, 2023. USCIS has published a…
The H-2B program allows U.S. employers or U.S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary nonagricultural jobs. Every fiscal year Congress set 66, 000 visas available for noncitizens. As a result of the need for seasonal workers, the Department of Homeland Security announced that an additional 64, 716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural…
