OFLC Completes Random Assignments of H-2B Applications Submitted for Work Starting April 1, 2022

The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has completed randomly assigning all H-2B applications submitted during the initial filing window, January 1-3, 2022, requesting an April 1, 2022, work start date for the second half of the fiscal year 2022
H-2B statutory visa cap. 

OFLC reported receiving 7,875 H-2B applications requesting 136,555 worker positions during the filing period. OFLC said it will notify employers (and authorized attorneys or agents) of their H-2B Assignment Group. The agency published a list of the H-2B applications assigned to each group on January 7, 2022. 

Related Links:

• OFLC notices, Jan. 7, 2022, and Jan. 4, 2022
• Assignment Group list, OFLC, Jan. 7, 2022
• Randomization procedures, Employment and Training Administration, 84 Fed. Reg. 7399 (Mar. 4, 2019)