DOL Releases Information on H-2B Filing Timeline for Peak Filing Season
DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification reminds employers and other stakeholders that the three-day filing window to submit an H-2B application requesting a work start…
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H-2B Cap Count for FY2011
As of 7/30/10, USCIS receipted 3,116 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal…
USCIS Updates FY2020 H‑2B Cap Count
SCIS updated its H‑2B cap count for FY2020, stating that it has received 21,226 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 cap for the second half of FY2020, with…
DHS and DOL Issue Joint Temporary Rule Increasing the H-2B Cap
DHS and DOL published a temporary rule in the Federal Register, increasing the H-2B cap for the remainder of FY2017 by an additional 15,000 visas, effective…
USCIS Alert: H-2B Returning Workers Are Exempt from the FY2016 H-2B Cap
USCIS advised stakeholders that, effective December 18, 2015, H-2B workers identified as “returning workers” are exempted from the FY2016 annual H-2B cap of 66,000 visas, pursuant…
USCIS Updates the H-2B Cap Count
As of May 2, 2016, USCIS had receipted 32,620 beneficiaries towards the 33,000 cap for the second half of FY2016. This count includes 26,426 approved and…
Need an H-2A or H-2B?
USCIS and DHS, in consultation with DOS, have added 16 countries (Andorra, Belgium, Brunei, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino,…