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Latest H-2B Cap Count
December 15, 2009
USCIS has recently updated the count of the H-2B visa petitions received and counted towards the first half and second half of the fiscal year 2010.
Cap Type | Cap Amount | Beneficiaries Approved |
Beneficiaries Pending |
Beneficiaries Target 1 |
Total | Date of Last Count |
H-2B 1st Half | 33,000 | 28,930 | 2,256 | 47,000 | 31,186 | 12/11/09 |
H-2B 2nd Half | 33,000 2 | 0 | 2,537 | ------- | 2,537 | 12/11/09 |
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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