H-2B cap for first half of FY 2023
September 15, 2022
USCIS has reached its congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of the fiscal year (FY) 2023. Sept. 12, 2022, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2023. USCIS will continue to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the cap including petitions for current H-2B workers in the U.S. who extend their stay, change employers, or change the terms and conditions of their employment; fish roe processors, fish roe technicians, or supervisors of fish roe processing; and workers performing labor or services in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam from Nov. 28, 2009, until Dec. 31, 2029.
Specific content can be found here:
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-reaches-h-2b-cap-for-first-half-of-fy-2023