DHS issues proposed rule to change H-2 temporary visa programs
The department said these changes will provide more flexibility and improve the program’s efficiency. read more
DHS to release additional 65K H-2B visas in 2023 fiscal year
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 65K H-2B visas in the 2023 fiscal year, the maximum amount of supplemental visas allowed. read more
Dept. of Homeland Security adds 35,000 H-2B visas
The Department of Homeland Security will make available 35,000 supplemental H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2020. The allocation also comes with new conditions to provide relief to seasonal employers who truly need it and reduce fraud and abuse in the program. DHS also announced that it will take necessary anti-fraud and abuse... read more
Government Affairs: The landscape industry needs more than 45,000 H-2B visas
As expected, the annual statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas for the federal fiscal year 2019-2020 was reached on Feb. 18. This means that all for H-2B visas received after that date for a start date before Oct. 1 will be rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. The statutory cap was reached at about this same time last... read more
Government Affairs: H-2B efforts turn toward Homeland Security acting secretary
Last December, Congress approved an additional 65,000 H-2B visas above the statutory limit of 66,000, subject, however, to the approval of the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. H-2B advocates are now turning their efforts to convince acting secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to release the full complement of visas authorized by Congress. Landscape contractors largest H-2B users... read more
DHS to release 30,000 additional H-2B visas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a decision to release an additional 30,000 H-2B visas for seasonal workers who previously worked in the U.S. during one of the last three fiscal years, according to the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). This brings the total number of visas available for 2019 to 96,000. The visas are expected to be... read more
