H-2B Cap for the Second Half of FY2022 Reached

March 4, 2022

H-2B Cap for the Second Half of FY2022 Reached

On March 1, 2022, Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that as of February 25, 2022, it has received enough petitions to fill the 33,000 H-2B visas available for the second half of fiscal year 2022.  Cap-subject H-2B petitions requesting employment dates of April 1, 2022 or later will now be rejected by USCIS. Learn more in this blog.

USCIS Announces Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians

The Department of Homeland Security announced that Temporary Protected Status will be offered to qualified Ukrainian nationals residing in the United States as of March 1, 2022.  TPS is expected to protect thousands of Ukrainians from being returned to their war-torn country while concurrently providing work authorization.  The grant of TPS is for an initial 18 month period. Learn more in this blog.