There are no more H-2B visas available for fiscal year 2017. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is no longer accepting petitions for these visas for this fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.
There were only 66,000 thousand H-2B visas authorized to bring foreign nationals into the United States for a limited period of time to work in industries that require seasonal employees, such as hotel, ski resort or amusement park employees.
March 13, 2017 was the final date by which new petitions could be received from temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) workers applying to begin employment before October 1, 2017.
With the following exceptions, USCIS will deny new H-2B visa petitions received after March 13, 2017 to begin employment before October 1, 2017.
Requests exempted from the maximum regulatory amount
* H-2B workers who are currently in the United States and are requesting an extension of stay that may change the terms of their employment or change employers.
* Fish egg processing workers, technicians or supervisors.
* Individuals who are working or offering services from November 28, 2009 through December 31, 2019 in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam.
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