H1B Visa Lawyer Blog
On Friday, March 8, 2024, USCIS announced that it has reached the H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal year 2024. March 7, 2024 is now the “final receipt date” for cap-subject H-2B worker requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2024. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS determined that it has received enough cap-subject petitions to reach the limit of H-2B workers for the first half FY2024. USCIS continues to accept petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated H-2B cap.
The exceptions are listed below:
• Current H-2B workers in the U.S. petitioning to extend their stay and, if applicable, change the terms of their employment or change their employers;
• Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and
• Workers performing labor or services from November 28, 2009 until December 31, 2029, in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam.
For more detailed information about this subject please review the USCIS News Alert, “USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2024 and Announces Filing Dates for the Second Half of FY 2024 Supplemental Visas“. The USCIS also included filing dates for the second half of FY 2024 Supplemental Visas in this announcement.
Source of Information:
USCIS.gov, 3/8/24, News Alert:
USCIS.gov, 3/8/24, Web Page:
Cap Count for H-2B Nonimmigrants
USCIS.gov, 1/12/24, Web Page:
H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers
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