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USCIS Update: H-2B Cap Count
December 18, 2014
USCIS has reported that as on December 12, 2014, it has approved H-2B filings on behalf of 15,579 beneficiaries for the first half of Fiscal Year 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 | 15,579 | 3,668 | 19,247 | 12/12/2014 | |
H2B Second Half FY 2015 | 33,000 | --- | 341 | --- | 341 | 12/12/2014 |
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.
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