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H-2B action needed this week-6/7/18 Email
News
Written by Christy Eull   
Thursday, June 07, 2018 12:00 AM

H-2B visa program update

H-2B Letter to Congress – ACTION NEEDED BY COB ON 6/11/18

 

Please see the letter to House Appropriations Committee leaders requesting that meaningful and permanent H-2B cap relief be included in the fiscal 2019 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The same letter will be sent to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders. ALCC has signed on to this letter. 

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USCIS announced H-2B lottery Email
News
Written by Christy Eull   
Wednesday, June 06, 2018 12:00 AM

H-2B visa program update

From USCIS:

As previously announced, USCIS began accepting H-2B petitions on May 31, 2018, under the temporary final rule increasing the numerical limit, or cap, on H-2B nonimmigrant visas by up to 15,000 additional visas through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2018. 

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Text of the H-2B rule releasing additional visas Email
News
Written by Christy Eull   
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 01:30 PM

H-2B visa program update

 

The H-2B Workforce Coalition shared a pre-publication of the H-2B rule that will release an additional 15,000 H-2B visas.
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DHS statement on H-2B visas May 25, 2018 Email
News
Written by Christy Eull   
Friday, May 25, 2018 03:30 PM

H-2B visa program update

Below please find the announcement made Friday afternoon, May 25, by the Department of Homeland Security regarding the release of additional H-2B visas. This is earlier than last year's July release of additional visas.

 

 

We are awaiting additional information and will share it as soon as we receive it.

 

 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of Public Affairs 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2018
 
DHS Announces Additional Visas for Foreign Workers to Assist American Businesses at Risk of Failing
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H-2B Call-to-action May 24, 2018 Email
News
Written by Christy Eull   
Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:00 AM

H-2B visa program update

Memorial Day is almost here. Are your workers? We need your help you get the Administration and Congress to address the H-2B cap.
Status of FY18 H-2B Visas
As you know, the Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Law provided the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary Labor, with the authority to release up to an additional 69,320 H-2B visas if she determines "that the needs of American businesses cannot be satisfied in fiscal year 2018 with United States workers who are willing, qualified, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor."  
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