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.
