Cap is reached for additional returning workers H-2B visas for FY 2021.
June 4, 2021
This Thursday, USCIS announced that it has received sufficient petitions to reach the cap for the additional allotted 16,000 H-2B visas made available only for the returning workers. The agency continues to accept petitions for H-2B nonimmigrant workers for the additional 6,000 visas allotted for nationals of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Petitioners whose workers were not selected for the returning worker allotment are encouraged to refile for workers from the Northern Triangle countries while that visa allotment remains available. Therefore, July 8, 2021 will be the final date for filing petitions requesting Northern Triangle nationals who are exempt from the returning worker requirement.