USCIS announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for FY2017. March 13, 2017, was the final receipt date for new H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before October 1, 2017.
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DHS Publishes Notice of Eligible H-2A and H-2B Countries for 2021
DHS published a notice of the 81 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A program and the 80 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2B program. The designations are effective January 19, 2021, and shall be without effect after January 18, 2022. Changes include adding the Philippines to the list of countries eligible to participate in the H-2B program, no longer designating the Independent State of Samoa and Tonga as eligible countries for the H-2A and H-2B programs, and no longer designating Mongolia as an eligible country for the H-2A program.
The H-2B cap has been reached for the second half of the fiscal year
On February 26, USCIS published an announcement that the cap on H-2B petitions for the second half of fiscal year 2020 has been met. Any petitions filed…
USCIS announced the countries eligible for the H-2A and H-2B visa programs.
USCIS published the list of countries whose nationals are eligible for the H-2A and H-2B visa programs, which allow foreign workers to fill temporary agricultural…
H‑2B Petitioners Must Include Temporary Labor Certification Final Determination with USCIS Form I‑129
USCIS announced that employers whose H‑2B application was processed in FLAG must include a printed copy of the electronic one-page “final determination” of their H‑2B temporary…