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USCIS Update: H-2B Cap Count

February 03, 2015

USCIS has reported that the H2B cap for the 1st half of fiscal year 2015 was reached on January 26, 2015.

H-2B Cap Count

Cap Type	Cap Amount	Beneficiaries Approved	Beneficiaries Pending	Target Beneficiaries	Total	Date of Last Count
H2B First Half FY 2015	33,000		On Jan 26, 2015, the cap for the 1st half of FY 2015 was reached.			1/26/2015
H2B Second Half FY 2015	33,000	2,156	4,862	---	7,018	1/23/2015

Note: Target Beneficiaries is the USCIS’s estimate of the number of H-2B beneficiaries it will need to meet the 33,000 half-year cap for H-2B nonimmigrants. It refers to the estimated number of beneficiaries needed to be included on petitions filed to reach the H-2B cap, with an allowance for withdrawals, denials and revocations. This number will always be higher than the actual cap.