Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H-2B)

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  Alert Type Information

  NOTICE: As of January 7, 2025, USCIS has received sufficient petitions to reach an additional 20,716 H-2B visas available for returning workers for the first half of fiscal year 2025 with employment start dates on or before March 31, 2025, under the FY 2025 H-2B Supplemental Visa Temporary Final Rule.

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  NOTICE: The Department of Homeland Security, through U.S.

  Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Labor, has published a temporary final rule making available an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for temporary non-agricultural workers for fiscal year 2025, above the statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas available each fiscal year. Additional information can be found on the Fiscal Year 2025 H-2B Nonimmigrant Visa Increase Temporary Increase webpage.

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  The H-2B program allows U.S.

  employers or employment agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to temporarily fill non-agricultural jobs. A U.S. employer, or an agent as described in the regulations, must complete Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, on behalf of the prospective worker.

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