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USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2024, Declares Submitting Dates for Supplemental Visas – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) has obtained sufficient petitions to satisfy the H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal 12 months (FY) 2024. USCIS additionally introduced the submitting dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the rest of FY 2024.

Visa Closing Motion Dates Advance in April, Non-Minister Non secular Staff Class Set to Expire – The Division of State’s Visa Bulletin for April 2024 notes that little to no further ahead motion in closing motion dates for visa classes is predicted within the coming months, and that the non-minister particular immigrant program (EB-4 SR class) expires on March 22, 2024, absent congressional reauthorization.

H-1B Registration Glitch Causes Lacking Signatures on Kind G-28 PDFs – In response to experiences, some practitioners have reported signatures lacking on Kind G-28, Discover of Entry of Look as Lawyer or Accredited Consultant (PDF model), for H-1B registrations.

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USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for Second Half of FY 2024, Declares Submitting Dates for Supplemental Visas

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) introduced on March 8, 2024, that it has obtained sufficient petitions to satisfy the H-2B cap for the second half of fiscal 12 months (FY) 2024, which ends September 30, 2024. USCIS additionally introduced the submitting dates for supplemental H-2B visas for the rest of FY 2024 made obtainable below the FY 2024 H-2B supplemental visa short-term closing rule.

March 7, 2024, was the ultimate receipt date for brand new cap-subject H-2B employee petitions requesting an employment begin date on or after April 1, 2024, and earlier than October 1, 2024. USCIS stated it’s rejecting new cap-subject H-2B petitions obtained after March 7, 2024, that request an employment begin date inside that vary.

USCIS stated it continues to just accept H-2B petitions which can be exempt from the congressionally mandated cap. This consists of petitions for:

• Present H-2B staff in the USA who want to lengthen their keep and, if relevant, change the phrases of their employment or change their employers;
• Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and
• Staff performing labor or companies within the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam (till December 31, 2029).

Under are the submitting begin dates for every of the remaining supplemental visa allocations below the rule:

• For employers searching for staff who’re nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, no matter whether or not such nationals are returning staff: USCIS will start accepting petitions for employers requesting an employment begin date from April 1, 2024, to September 30, 2024, on March 22, 2024.
• For employers searching for returning staff for the early second half of FY 2024 (April 1 to Could 14): USCIS will start accepting petitions for the extra 19,000 visas made obtainable to returning staff no matter nation of nationality on March 22, 2024.
• For employers searching for returning staff for the late second half of FY 2024 (Could 15 to September 30): USCIS will start accepting petitions for the extra 5,000 visas made obtainable to returning staff no matter nation of nationality on April 22, 2024.

USCIS stated it should cease accepting petitions below the short-term closing rule obtained after September 16, 2024, or after the relevant cap has been reached, whichever happens first.

USCIS beforehand introduced that it obtained sufficient petitions to succeed in the cap for the extra 20,716 H-2B visas made obtainable for returning staff for the primary half of FY 2024 with employment begin dates on or earlier than March 31, 2024.

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Visa Closing Motion Dates Advance in April, Non-Minister Non secular Staff Class Set to Expire

The Division of State’s Visa Bulletin for April 2024 notes that little to no further ahead motion in closing motion dates for visa classes is predicted within the coming months as a result of the ultimate motion dates for a lot of classes superior for April 2024, in lots of circumstances by a number of months to a 12 months.

The bulletin additionally notes that the non-minister particular immigrant program (EB-4 SR class) expires on March 22, 2024, absent congressional reauthorization. If prolonged, the class will probably be topic to the identical closing motion dates because the listed EB-4 classes per relevant overseas state of chargeability, the bulletin states.

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H-1B Registration Glitch Causes Lacking Signatures on Kind G-28 PDFs

In response to experiences, some practitioners have reported signatures lacking on Kind G-28, Discover of Entry of Look as Lawyer or Accredited Consultant (PDF model), for H-1B registrations.

The American Immigration Legal professionals Affiliation stated that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers has suggested that any authorized consultant affected not submit registrations till additional discover.

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