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…
DHS Announces 22,000 Additional H-2B Visas
DHS announced a supplemental increase of 22,000 visas for the H-2B visa program. The additional visas will be made available in the coming months via a…
USCIS Updates FY2021 H-2B Cap Count
USCIS released its H-2B cap count for FY2021, stating that it has received 31,591 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 cap for the second half of FY2021, with…
DHS and DOL pull immigration rules after Biden orders freeze.
the Biden administration delayed asylum restrictions and walked back rules revising aspects of the H-2A and H-1B programs, following a freeze on new regulations. On Wednesday, the…
DHS and DOL pull immigration rules after Biden orders freeze.
the Biden administration delayed asylum restrictions and walked back rules revising aspects of the H-2A and H-1B programs, following a freeze on new regulations. On Wednesday, the…
DOL voids Trump H-2B rule over negative comments.
The Dept. of Labor (DOL) has halted a last-minute attempt by the Trump administration to allow for the intervention of political appointees in the work-visa certification…
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.
USCIS Updates FY2021 H-2B Cap Count
USCIS released its H-2B cap count for FY2021, stating that it has received 29,739 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 cap for the first half of FY2021, with…
USCIS Increase to Premium Processing Fees
USCIS is increasing premium processing fees, effective today, October 19, 2020. Fees are increasing from $1,440 to $2,500 for benefit requests that are already eligible for…
DOS Issues Update on Court Order Regarding Presidential Proclamation 10052
DOS announced that, due to the injunction in National Association of Manufacturers v. DHS, any J-1, H-1B, H-2B, or L-1 applicant who is either sponsored (as an…
The Trump administration has extended visa restrictions to nonimmigrant visas.
On June 22, President Trump signed an executive order enacting a temporary ban on many types of nonimmigrant visas. The ban prohibits the issuance of…