USCIS has exhausted the limit on H-2B work visa applications for the first half of 2018
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) 21 December announced that the number of H-2B work visas submitted for the first half of the fiscal year 2018 exceeded the rate set by the US Congress.
December 15 has expired application deadline for anyone who intends to start work in the US before April 1 2018 of the year, the report says department press services.
USCIS will continue to accept applications for work visas such as H-2B from certain groups of migrants, in particular:
immigrants working in the United States at the moment and applying for the extension of their work visa, including if it provides for a change in the terms of the contract or employer;
people involved in the production of caviar;
workers engaged in the provision of services or other activities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or Guam from November 28 2009 to December 31 2019.
At the same time, USCIS accepts applications for H-2B visas from those who intend to start work in the United States after 1 in April of 2018.
H-2B visas are issued to qualified and unqualified citizens of foreign countries who come to the United States for temporary work.
Currently, Congress has set the H-2B visa limit on 66 000 for one fiscal year: 33 000 - for employees who start work in the first half of the fiscal year (from October 1 to March 31) and 33 000 for employees who Begin operations in the second half of the fiscal year (from April 1 to September 30).
For more information, USCIS encourages visiting the page. H-2B Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Cap Season.
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