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Latest H-2B Cap Count

November 16, 2009

The USCIS has recently informed that as of November 13, 2009, it has received filings for 22,428 H-2B beneficiaries. Of these, 20,937 petitions have been approved and 1,491 are pending. Employers can still file cap-subject H-2B temporary nonagricultural work petitions for employment start dates through March 31, 2010, the first half of the current fiscal year.

USCIS has set a target of 47,000 cap-subject H-2B petition beneficiary receipts to meet the 33,000 cap for the first half of the fiscal year. USCIS uses a target figure to account for cases that are ultimately denied, withdrawn or revoked, as well as cases in which employers actually employ fewer H-2B workers than requested in their petitions.