Cap Reached for Additional H-2B Returning Workers for Early Second Half of FY 2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 23, 2025, that it has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 19,000 H-2B visas made available under a temporary final rule for returning workers for the early second half of fiscal year (FY) 2025 with start dates from April 1 to May 14, 2025.

April 18, 2025, was the final receipt date for petitions requesting supplemental H-2B visas under the FY 2025 early second half returning worker allocation, USCIS said.