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USCIS Announces Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2024

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DHS and DOL have released an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for fiscal year 2024, supplementing the standard 66,000-visa cap. This temporary final rule expands the available pool of temporary nonagricultural worker visas for employers. The rule was published jointly by USCIS and the Department of Labor.
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Labor (DOL) published a temporary final rule making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2024, on top of the statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas that are available each fiscal year.

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