USCIS Lottoes H-2B for the second half of 2018 of the year

From 21 February, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting applications for H-2B for the second half of the 2018 fiscal year.

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During the first five business days, USCIS received approximately 2700 applications for the issuance of H-2B requesting visas for 47 000 workers. This significantly exceeded the H-2B visa limit. As a result, USCIS, in accordance with the current rules, February 28 conducted a lottery to randomly select a sufficient number of applications to meet the limit.

USCIS will reject petitions and refund application fees that have not been screened, as well as any visa applications received after February 27.

In January, the Ministry of Labor announced a change in the process of issuing labor visas. As a result of February 7, USCIS announced the need to hold the H-2B visa lottery in the second half of the 2018 fiscal year. As noted in a February 7 statement, USCIS will maintain a flexible approach to this issue, ensuring that the H-2B visas are distributed fairly and will not exceed the limit.

USCIS continues to accept H-2B petitions for the following employees:

• Employees who are currently working on an H-2B visa in the United States and who want to extend their stay or change employers;
• Workers in the field of fishing and caviar processing;
• Workers performing work or services in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and / or Guam, until December 31 2019.

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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