United States | H-2B visa cap reached for second half FY 2026

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it has “has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B statutory cap for the second half of fiscal year [FY] 2026.”

Key takeaways:

Supplemental visa allocation filing open. The filing dates for the second and third allocations for the supplemental H-2B visas for FY 2026 are now available. 

Final receipt date. March 10, 2026, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date on or after April 1 and before Oct. 1, 2026. Any new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after March 10, 2026, will be rejected.

Additional information: More information about the second and third allocations of supplemental visas and the relevant filing dates can be found here.

This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.

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