DHS to supplement H-2B cap with additional visas
October 18, 2022
The Department of Labor (DOL) has come to an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that it will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, along with the 66,000 H-2B visas that are typically available each fiscal year. By implementing these additional visas, DHS aims to help employers gain more seasonal workers. DHS and DOL are working together to create protections for U.S. and foreign workers alike and ensuring that employers first seek out and recruit American workers for the jobs to be filled, as required by the program, and that foreign workers are not exploited by their employers. Along with the additional H-2B visas, DHS and DOL are creating a new White House-convened Worker Protection Taskforce.
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