FY-2009 is likely to be significant for H2-B, not only because it is taking center stage with H1-B number crisis, but also because of proposed changes in the current H2B process. The FY2009 began with the good news for H-2B applicants as the quota is still available but U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports [...]

On August 20th, 2008 the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency made two announcements that will have huge impacts on the H-2B immigration – first to withdraw the 2005-issued proposed rule changes to H-2B program, and the second to introduce the new proposed changes to H-2B program. The proposed changes for H-2B program [...]

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has published its advance copy of a proposed rule modifying the existing H-2B process, specifically the Temporary Labor Certification process. The proposed rule will re-engineer the H-2B filing and review into a centralized process.  Among other things, the rule proposes to enable employers to conduct pre-filing U.S. worker [...]

The cap on H-2B visas for the year 2008 was reached on the first week of January, announced the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). January 2nd 2008 is being considered the “final receipt date” for the cap limit of 33,000 H2B visas. Applicants for these H-2B petitions will be eligible for work on October [...]

The H2B Cap for the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 has been reached. The “final receipt date” has been fixed at Sep 27, 2007.