Get Equipped!

Department of Homeland Security

Proposed Rule Would Increase H-2B Application Fees By 135%

USCIS will continue to accept H-2B petitions for workers filing under the Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras allotment, as well as those who are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap.

First Time Ever: Max Number Of H-2B Visas Released In One Announcement

This past Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a joint temporary final rule to release an additional 64,716 H-2B visas for seasonal non-agricultural workers for the upcoming year. For the first time ever, DHS has released the maximum number of additional H-2B visas in a single announcement for ...

Update From NALP: 22,000 Supplemental H-2B Visas Expected

A total of 22,000 supplemental H-2B visas are expected to be offered in the coming months. In late April, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) reached a deal to lift the existing 66,000 annual cap, which has already been exhausted. Here’s a summary of ...

Landscaping Now “Essential” In Revised National Guidelines

essential
  In what the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) deemed a “huge win for our industry,” it announced “landscapers” have now been added to a revised version of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response. The Memorandum is used ...
Share to...