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.