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January 4, 2005 - USCIS announced today that it has
received enough H-2B petitions to fill the FY2005 quota of
66,000 new workers. The H-2B category includes temporary workers
performing nonagricultural services or labor, generally for
a period of one year or less, on either an intermittent, seasonal,
peakload, or one-time basis. For the remainder of FY 2005
(ending September 30, 2005), USCIS states:
· USCIS will process all petitions received by the
end of business on January 3, 2005
· USCIS will return all petitions subject to the annual
cap filed after January 3, 2005
· Petitioners may re-submit or file new petitions when
they have received labor certification approval for work to
start on or after October 1, 2005.
Detailed procedures will be published by USCIS in the near
future.
Press Release
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