H-2B Nonimmigrant Visas Reach Cap

The American Immigration Lawyers Association has reported that officials within USCIS have indicated that the 66,000 H-2B cap has been exhausted.

The H-2B nonimmigrant program permits employers to hire foreign workers to come to the United States and perform temporary nonagricultural work, which may be one-time, seasonal, peak load or intermittent. There is a 66,000 per year limit on the number of foreign workers who may receive H-2B status during each USCIS fiscal year (October through September). Qualifying criteria for this visa category includes: the job and the employer’s need must be one time, seasonal, peak load or intermittent; the job must be for less than one year; and there must be no qualified and willing U.S. workers available for the job.

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