The United States Government has announced that no more H-2B visas will be issued for the remainder of 2016's fiscal year, having "completed" its quota of completed applications.
The H-2B visas are valid for a year and used by temporary laborers, like farmhands, carnival or circus workers (yeah, there are visas for those professions too), etc.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated that a maximum of 66,000 H-2B visas were contemplated at the beginning of this fiscal year, which have already been covered, and that any applications for it made after May 12 would be rejected, authorities confirmed.
The H-2B visas are only handed out to workers from outside of the U.S. if, and only if, an employer can successfully demonstrate that there are no U.S. workers that are capable of "performing the temporary services or labor at the time of filing the petition" or that the temporary worker's introduction into the labor market will not affect wages and working conditions for other U.S. workers.
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Translated by axel.alcala@sandiegored.com
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