H-2B visas are sold out for the first half of fiscal year 2021.

H-2B visas run out for fiscal year 2021

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the 33,000 H-2B visas authorized by Congress for the first half of fiscal year 2021 have been exhausted. H-2B visas are used to bring foreign nationals to the United States to work temporarily in industries that require more employees during a ... Read more

H-2B visas run out for fiscal year 2020

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The available H-2B visas for fiscal year 2020 have been exhausted, so no more petitions are being accepted for the period ending September 30. February 18, 2020 was the final date by which new petitions for temporary nonagricultural worker visas could be received ... Read more

H-2B visas are sold out for the first half of fiscal year 2019.

H-2B visas available for the first half of fiscal year 2019 ran out. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it reached the maximum number of 33,000 H-2B visas authorized by Congress for the first half of fiscal year 2019. H-2B visas are used to bring foreign nationals ... Read more

H-2B visas are sold out for fiscal year 2017.

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 66,000,000 H-2B visas authorized to bring foreign nationals to the U.S. ... Read more

USCIS Resumes Processing H-2B Visas

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is again processing I-129 forms used for H-2B petitions for temporary nonagricultural workers. As I previously reported to you, USCIS suspended processing of these forms in March while it decided how to respond to a court order. The court order vacated a portion of the rule that set forth how ... Read more

USCIS Suspends Processing of H-2B Petitions

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has temporarily suspended the processing of most Forms I-129 used for H-2B petitions for temporary nonagricultural workers. H-2B visas are used to bring foreign nationals to the United States for a limited period ... Read more

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