USCIS has received enough petitions to effectively reach the H-2B visa
cap for the first half of Fiscal Year 2014. According to a recent USCIS
statement, March 14, 2014 is the final receipt date for new H-2B
petition submissions requesting a start date before April 1, 2014.
USCIS will reject all new H-2B petitions submitted after March 14, 2014
that request an employment start date prior to April 1, 2014. H-2B
petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap will
continue to be accepted, including requests to extend current workers’
periods of stay or change their status of employment; requests for entry
for fish roe processors, fish roe technicians and supervisors of fish
roe processing; and individuals performing labor or services in the
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands or Guam.
