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DOL Update on Prevailing Wage Determinations

The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification announced that it plans to be “current” on prevailing wage determinations as follows: PERM–week of 10/23/11; H-1B–week of 11/6/11; H-2B—week of 12/18/11

CBP Announces Discontinuation of H-2A and H-2B Visa Exit Program Pilot

CBP notice announcing the discontinuation of the H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, which implemented a land-border exit system for certain temporary workers who entered the U.S. at certain AZ ports, effective September 29, 2011.

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CBP Announces Discontinuation of H-2A and H-2B Visa Exit Program Pilot

CBP notice announcing the discontinuation of the H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, which implemented a land-border exit system for certain temporary workers who entered the U.S. at certain AZ ports, effective September 29, 2011.

DOL Delays Revision of the Wage Methodology for the H-2B Program

DOL press release announcing that it will postpone the effective date of the H-2B wage methodology final rule for a period of 60 days, from 9/30/11 to 11/30/11. The postponement is intended to avoid administering the H-2B program under potentially conflicting court orders.

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OFLC Announcement on H-2B Wage Re-determinations

OFLC announcement regarding the re-issuing of wage determinations on more than 3,500 previously certified H-2B applications which must be completed prior to 9/30/11 in accordance with the shift in the effective date of the wage methodology final rule.

H-2B Cap Count Updated

As of 1/21/11, USCIS receipted 7,315 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the second half of the fiscal year. This count includes 8,869 approved and 3,446 pending petitions. H-2B cap count information for the first half of FY2011 is also available.

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USCIS receipted 30,640 H-2B petitions

As of 7/23/10, USCIS receipted 30,640 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, toward the 47,000 beneficiaries target for the 2nd half of FY 2010. Beneficiaries target is the estimated number of petitions needed to reach the cap and is higher than the actual cap.

H-2B cap for the first half of the fiscal year

As of 11/19/10, USCIS receipted 18,178 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal year. This count includes 14,540 approved and 3,638 pending petitions.

GAO Report on the H-2B Visa Program

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the H-2B visa program, finding that closed civil and criminal cases demonstrate fraud and abuse committed by employers including unfair wages, excessive fees, and fraudulent documentation submitted to federal agencies to circumvent program rules.

Had H-2B Visa expired for 5 years and what he will do?

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