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H-2B Cap Reached For Second Half of FY 2008

January 3, 2008

 

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) declared that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of Fiscal Year 2008 (FY2008). USCIS is hereby notifying the public that January 2, 2008 is the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to October 1, 2008. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS determines that it has received enough cap-subject petitions to reach the limit of 33,000 H-2B workers for the second half of FY2008.

 

Mikulski Pulls Off another H-2B Miracle

October 16, 2007

 

As Chairwoman of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee Senator Barbara A. Mikulski’s (D-Md.) successfully added language to the fiscal year 2008 CJS spending bill to extend a critical provision of her Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act that expired on September 30 and protects small and seasonal businesses – including Maryland’s seafood and cannery industries – from devastating cuts to their workforce. The bill passed the Senate tonight with a vote of 75-19.

 

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Fighting to Extend H-2B Returning Worker

October 1, 2007

 

Despite a looming September 30, 2007, H-2B returning worker deadline, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today said she will not stop her fight to extend a crucial returning guest worker exemption from her Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act that protects small and seasonal businesses from a devastating cut to their workforce.

 

DHS’ Notice of H-2B Eligible Countries

February 6, 2009

 

The DHS, in accordance with its final rule ‘Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants’ published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2008, has published the list of countries that are important for the operation of the H-2B visa program and are cooperative in repatriation of its citizens, subjects, nationals or residents who are subject to a final order of removal from the United States.

 

USCIS Announces that Petitions Reached H-2B Cap for First Half of FY2008

October 2, 2007

 

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of Fiscal Year 2008 (FY2008). USCIS has notified the public that September 27, 2007 is the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to April 1, 2008.

 

America’s small businesses need a solution: U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr.

April 2, 2008

 

U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, R-Southwest Louisiana, began a discharge petition to bring Rep. Bart Stupak’s Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act to the House floor for a vote.

 

USCIS Reopens FY 2009 H-2B Cap Filing Period

August 7, 2009

 

USCIS announced that it has reopened the H-2B filing for fiscal year 2009 and will immediately accept new H-2B petitions. USCIS reopened the fiscal year 2009 H-2B filing period because far less than the annual quota of H-2B visas has been used for this year. The H-2B filing period for fiscal year 2009 ends on September 30, 2009.

 

DOL Release Report on State of U.S. workforce – Labor Day 2007

September 3, 2007

 

The U.S. Department of Labor released America’s Dynamic Workforce 2007, a new report highlighting major trends in the American labor market and the significance of education and skills training to maintaining the competitiveness of America’s workforce.

 

USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2009

January 8, 2009

 

The USCIS, on January 08, 2009, announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H2B cap for the second half of Fiscal Year 2009. USCIS will reject the H2B visa petitions for new workers seeking employment start dates prior to October 1, 2009 that arrive after Jan. 7, 2009. If deemed necessary, USCIS may apply a computer-generated random selection process to all the H2B visa petitions that are subject to the cap and received on Jan. 7, 2009 in order to select the number of H2B visa petitions needed to meet the cap.

 

H-2B Visas Still Available for Second Half of FY2009 and First Half of FY2010

September 8, 2009

 

The USCIS has recently updated the count of H-2B visa received and counted towards the FY2010 employment. On August 6, 2009 USCIS announced that it had reopened the filing period for fiscal year 2009. There are still visas available for the second half of fiscal year 2009. However, these petitions must be filed and adjudicated by 30 September 2009. Therefore, there is little time in which to apply. USCIS is currently accepting petitions for the 2nd half of fiscal year 2009 and the 1st half of fiscal year 2010.