The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue more than 130,000 H-2B visas for seasonal workers allowed by law this year. DHS announced on October 12, 2022, that for the first time ever, due to ongoing labor shortages. DHS will:
make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, on top of the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally available each fiscal year.
The additional H-2B visa includes an allocation of 20,000 visas to workers from Haiti and the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Foreign seasonal workers are in demand in areas where there are too few U.S. workers available, or unwilling to work at that type of job or pay level. American businesses require temporary foreign seasonal workers include:
The H-2B program provides seasonal temporary work authorization to noncitizens that are hired for temporary labor or services in the United States and allow employers to bring foreign national workers to the United States for temporary, seasonal, nonagricultural jobs.
If you need assistance with H-2B visas, contact the experienced immigration lawyers at Godoy Law Office. Godoy Law Office is an established immigration law firm in Chicago and Oak Brook, Illinois, with attorneys ready to help you apply for legal immigration status if you are eligible. If you need help with an immigration issue, please contact our office at 630-912-0322.
Godoy Law Office serves the entire Chicago, Illinois area, including DuPage, Cook, Kane, Will and Lake Counties.
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Immigration Attorney Mario Godoy has years of experience guiding clients with immigration issues through the immigration process along with guiding clients through the criminal case. Godoy focuses on family-based immigration law, business immigration law, removal defense, and criminal defense representation of immigrants. A criminal charge or conviction can be devastating to your immigration case. With over a decade of immigration law experience and memories of family members who were deported due to bad legal advice, Godoy is committed to helping other immigrant families receive the legal justice they deserve. As a legal entrepreneur who practices immigration law, criminal law, estate and probate law, and running two successful law firms, Mario Godoy understands the importance of keeping families together and making a home and future in America.
