On April 4, 2014, USCIS provided an update of the amount of cap-subject
H-2B visas received and approved by the federal agency for the second
half of fiscal year 2014. According to USCIS, a total of 15,824
beneficiaries have been approved for the second half of fiscal year
2014, with an additional 4,502 petitions pending. USCIS reached the H-2B
cap for the first half of fiscal year 2014 on March 14, 2014.
Congressionally-based legislation limits the amount of H-2B visas
provided per fiscal year to a total of 66,000, with 33,000 allocated for
employment for the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 allocated
for employment for the second half of the fiscal year. Unused numbers
from the first half of the fiscal year are made available for use by
employers seeking H-2B workers during the second half of the year.
