USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2009

On January 8, 2009, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had reached the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of Fiscal Year 2009. Accordingly, January 7, 2009 was the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to October 1, 2009. USCIS states that it will reject petitions for new H-2B workers seeking employment start dates prior to October 1, 2009, that arrive after January 7, 2009.