USCIS announces 64,716 additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2024. Apply now!

Highlights: USCIS increases the number of H-2B visas for 2024

• USCIS increased the number of H-2B Visas by 64,716
• USCIS plans these additional visas to recruit temporary workers as per their requirements.
• The H-2B program allows employers to recruit foreigners to perform non-agricultural labour or services in the United States for a limited time.
• 20,000 temporary worker visas are assigned from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras.
• The maximum stay in the US with an H-2B visa is 3 years.

 

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The Departments will help to ensure U.S. businesses with staff

USCIS increased the number of H-2B Visas by 64,716 for the year 2024. This will help workers in the US and other foreign workers. The H-2B program includes an additional 20,000 visas to workers from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. An addition of 44,716 visas will be provided for foreign workers who received H-2B visas.

 

The short-term final rule also promotes the Biden Administration’s pledge, under the Los Angeles Declaration, to inflate legal path as an alternative to incorrect migration. The DHS and DOL are strengthening robust protections for US employer’s needs to fill the vacant positions with American workers.

 

H-2B visas have been divided into the following allotment:

• 20,716 visas are immediately available to returning workers: those who obtained an H-2B visa or obtained H-2B status in FY 2021, FY 2022, or FY 2023, regardless of the country in which they did it, have nationality. These candidates must request employment start dates before March 31, 2024.
• 19,000 visas are limited to returning workers: those who obtained an H-2B visa or maintained H-2B status in the fiscal year 2021, fiscal year 2022, or the fiscal year 2023, regardless of nationality of residence. These applications, which begin at the beginning of the second half of fiscal year 2024, must request employment start dates between April 1, 2024 and May 14, 2024.
• 5,000 visas are limited to returning workers: those who obtained an H-2B visa or had H-2B status in FY 2021, FY 2022, or FY 2023, whichever their country of citizenship. These petitions for the second half of fiscal year 2024 must request employment start dates of May 15, 2024 through September 30, 2024.

 

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The H-2B program allows employers to recruit foreigners to perform non-agricultural services in the US for a limited time. The employment should be temporary, one-time or only when necessary. Employers must take US test before getting H-1B visa. Certificate has be issued by DOL. The maximum period is stay of 3 years. An Individual has to leave the US after 3 years.

 

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