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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2022. Sept. 30 was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2022. USCIS will reject new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after Sept. 30 that request an employment start date before April 1, 2022.
USCIS continues to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap. This includes petitions for:
Current H-2B workers in the United States who extend their stay, change employers, or change the terms and conditions of their employment;
Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians, and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and
Workers performing labor or services in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam from Nov. 28, 2009, until Dec. 31, 2029.
U.S. businesses use the H-2B program to employ foreign workers for temporary nonagricultural jobs. Currently, Congress has set the H-2B cap at 66,000 per fiscal year, with 33,000 for workers who begin employment in the first half of the fiscal year (Oct. 1 - March 31) and 33,000 (plus any unused numbers from the first half of the fiscal year) for workers who begin employment in the second half of the fiscal year (April 1 - Sept. 30).
For more information, visit the Cap Count for H-2B Nonimmigrants page.
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The SBA and Public Private Strategies Institute have teamed up for a series of webinars that will help your business get back on track. Join us for our next session on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. ET: Resources and Relief for Your Small Business - Supporting Women Business Owners and Women’s Programs.
During this webinar, you will:
Learn more about COVID EIDL and how you can take advantage before December 31, 2021
Discover tools and resources you can use to start and grow your business
Have your questions answered by SBA leadership and small business experts
Learn how you can become a vaccine leader in your community
Get an update regarding programs and recent policy announcements made by the Biden-Harris Administration
Register
U.S. Small Business Administration
Know Your Startup Costs Before You Get Funding
When starting your own business, you’re likely thinking of ways to get funding. Before you get a loan or find an investor, calculate your startup costs to get a clearer idea of what your expenses will be. Get tips from the Small Business Administration (SBA) on calculating your business’s startup costs to:
Estimate your profits
Get a loan
Find investors
Save money with tax deductions
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News EssentialsIRS Resources | Issue Number: Notice 2021-57Inside This IssueNotice 2021-57 provides guidance to multiemployer defined benefit pension plan sponsors and actuaries on the application of funding relief under IRC § 431 and elections under IRC § 432 in accordance with §§ 9701, 9702 and 9703 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provide relief for losses incurred on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||