Employers Hit H-2B Visa Cap for Fall, Winter Hiring in FY 2024

US employers submitted enough petitions for seasonal H-2B work visas to exhaust the cap for the first half of the 2024 fiscal year, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Oct. 13.

The H-2B program allows employers to add foreign workers for temporary non-farm jobs, primarily in the landscaping, hospitality, and seafood processing industries. The visas, which have a duration of three years, are limited to 66,000 annually.

H-2B petitions are exempt from the cap if workers already in the US are extending their stay or changing their employment. Fish roe occupations and jobs in the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam ...