The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough petitions to meet the congressional limit on H-2B visas for temporary non-farm workers in the United States. first half of fiscal year 2023. USCIS will deny H-2B petitions under the new limit. received after September 12, 2022 requires an employment start date by April 1, 2023. With many in the Thoroughbred industry relying on H-2B visas, we will be sharing this for information your.
USCIS will continue to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from congressional restrictions. This includes recommendations for:
Existing H-2B workers in the United States extending their stay, changing employers, or changing their terms and conditions of employment; Caviar processors, caviar technicians and/or caviar supervisors; and workers performing labor or service work in the Northern Mariana Islands and/or the Northern Mariana Islands of the Commonwealth between 28 November 2009 and 31 December 2029.
U.S. businesses use the H-2B program to employ foreign workers for temporary off-farm jobs. Currently, Congress has set the H-2B cap at 66,000 per fiscal year, with 33,000 for workers starting work in the first half of the fiscal year (October 1 – March 31) and 33,000 (plus). with any unused numbers from the first half of the fiscal year) for workers who commenced employment in the second half of the fiscal year (April 1 – September 30).
NTRA will continue to lobby before Congress to pass permanent solutions to temporary labor problems in the Thoroughbred industry.
For more information, visit the Cap Count for H-2B Nonimmigners page and if you need any further assistance, please contact our office.
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