This article was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, of which Loan Huynh is an active member.
On March 26, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B statutory cap for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2025. Also, the filing dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2025 are now available.
USCIS said that March 5, 2025, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date on or after April 1, 2025, and before October 1, 2025.
A chart in Temporary Increase in H-2B Nonimmigrant Visas for FY 2025 includes information about the supplemental visas and relevant filing dates.
