United States | H-2B visa cap reached for additional returning workers for early second half FY 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it has reached the additional H-2B visa cap made for returning workers for the early second half of fiscal year (FY) 2025 with start dates from April 1 to May 14, 2025.

Key Points:

• Under the H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule, the cap for the additional H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second half of FY 2025 with start dates from April 1 to May 14, 2025, was set at 19,000.
• The final receipt date for petitions requesting supplemental H-2B visas under the FY 2025 early second half returning worker allocation was April 18, 2025.
• Additional information on supplemental visas for FY 2025 can be found here.

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

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