USCIS在2019财年上半年达到H-2B上限

华盛顿 -美国公民身份和移民服务局（USCIS）已达到国会授权的H-2B上限，为2019财年上半年（FY）。

2018年12月6日，是2019年4月1日之前申请就业开始日期的新上限主题H-2B工人申请的最终收到日期。美国公民及移民服务局将拒绝12月6日之后收到的新上限主题H-2B申请在2019年4月1日之前的就业开始日期。

12月6日，USCIS收到的申请人数超过了2019财年上半年可用于H-2B上限的H-2B签证总数。根据规定，USCIS确定有必要使用计算机生成的过程，通常称为彩票，以确保公平有序地分配H-2B签证号码，以满足但不超过2019财年上半年的上限。2018年12月11日，USCIS随机抽取12月6日收到的请愿书进行抽签。结果，USCIS将所有在抽签中选择的请愿书分配到12月11日的收据日期。彩票中选择的请愿书的处理服务也在该日开始。

美国公民及移民服务局继续接受免于国会授权上限的H-2B申请。这包括以下类型的请愿：

· 美国目前的H-2B工作人员请求延长逗留期限，并在适用的情况下改变雇用条款或更换雇主;

· 鱼籽加工厂，鱼子技师和/或鱼子加工主管; 和，

· 2009年11月28日至2029年12月21日在北马里亚纳群岛和/或关岛举行劳务或服务的工人。

美国企业使用H-2B计划雇用外国工人从事非农业临时工作。目前，国会已将H-2B上限设定为每个会计年度66,000个，其中33,000个是在本财政年度上半年（10月1日 - 3月31日）开始就业的工人，下半年开始就业的工人为33,000个财政年度（4月1日至9月30日）。

我们鼓励H-2B申请人访问  H-2B财年（FY）2019年Cap Season  页面。

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USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2019

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2019.

Dec. 6, 2018, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2019. USCIS will reject new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after Dec. 6 that request an employment start date before April 1, 2019.

On Dec. 6, the number of beneficiaries USCIS had received petitions for surpassed the total number of H-2B visas available for the H-2B cap for the first half of FY 2019. In accordance with regulations, USCIS determined it was necessary to use a computer-generated process, commonly known as a lottery, to ensure the fair and orderly allocation of H-2B visa numbers to meet, but not exceed, the cap for the first half of FY 2019. On Dec. 11, 2018, USCIS conducted a lottery to randomly select petitions received on Dec. 6. As a result, USCIS assigned all petitions selected in the lottery the receipt date of Dec. 11. Premium processing service for petitions selected in the lottery also began on that date.

USCIS continues to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap. This includes the following types of petitions:

· Current H-2B workers in the United States petitioning to extend their stay and, if applicable, change the terms of their employment or change their employers;

· Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians, and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and,

· Workers performing labor or services in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam from Nov. 28, 2009, until Dec. 21, 2029.

U.S. businesses use the H-2B program to employ foreign workers for temporary nonagricultural jobs. Currently, Congress has set the H-2B cap at 66,000 per fiscal year, with 33,000 for workers who begin employment in the first half of the fiscal year (Oct.1 - March 31) and 33,000 for workers who begin employment in the second half of the fiscal year (April 1 - Sept. 30).

We encourage H-2B petitioners to visit the H-2B Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Cap Season page.

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