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H-2B for FY2010 Moves Closer to Exhaustion
January 12, 2010
USCIS has updated the count of H-2B visa petitions, received and counted towards the fiscal year 2010. As of January 12, 2010 USCIS has received approximately 39,088 petitions and out of these USCIS has approved 34,533 H-2B petitions.
Cap Type | Cap Amount | Beneficiaries Approved |
Beneficiaries Pending |
Beneficiaries Target 1 |
Total | Date of Last Count |
H-2B 1st Half | 33,000 | 34,533 | 4,535 | 47,000 | 39,088 | 1/10/10 |
H-2B 2nd Half | 33,000 2 | 1,367 | 4,118 | 47,000 | 5,485 | 1/10/10 |
1 Refers to the estimated numbers of beneficiary applications
needed to reach a cap, with an allowance for withdrawals,
denials and revocations.
2 A shortfall in the 1st half would be made up in the 2nd half.
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