Nearly 65K Temporary Nonagricultural Visas Added to FY 2023 Allocation
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in conjunction with the Department of Labor (DOL) will be beginning the fiscal year by making 64,716 extra H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available. This is on top of the 66,000 normally available.
This move addresses a change of strategy. Rather than waiting, the organizations reported the extra allocation toward the beginning of the federal fiscal year. To allow employers to plan for peak season needs. In exchange, the agencies are instituting more robust protections for U.S. workers and implementing a new White House-convened Worker Protection Taskforce to guarantee that H-2B workers are safeguarded from exploitation and abuse. DHS and DOL are supposed to give another rule explaining how the visas will be distributed.
65K Temporary Nonagricultural Visas Added to FY 2023
Of the 64,716 visas, 20,000 will be saved for workers from Haiti and the Central American Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The remaining 44,716 visas will be available to returning workers who have gotten an H-2B visa. Or were generally allowed H-2B status during one of the last three fiscal years. The extra visas will be divided between the first and second parts of the year – saving visas to fill the peak summer season needs.
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Moreover, H-2B visas allow employers to carry foreign national workers to the United States for temporary, occasional, nonagricultural jobs. They are employed by different industries, including accommodation, the travel industry, arranging, and fish handling. The requirement for workers consistently exceeds the number of visas available. But hit a critical mass in the last few years due to labor shortage issues and economic growth. While thankful for the extra allocation, a few employers like the crab processors. In Maryland have noticed that this is only a temporary fix. Even with the extra visas, there may probably be an “overwhelming demand.”
