USCIS has announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for the first half of fiscal year 2025. The final date for submitting new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions seeking employment start dates before April 1, 2025, was September 18. Any new petitions submitted after this date that request an employment start date prior to April 1, 2025, will be rejected.