Benefits H-2B

Benefits H-2B 

1-You get to enjoy all employee benefits and 

privileges upon entering the U.S. for a temporary 

work.

2-You enjoy ease of travel inside and outside the 

United States.

3-You can bring your dependents to stay with you in the U.S.

4-You can switch jobs as long as you can show a new job offer and have a new petition filed and approved on your behalf. 

5-USCIS generally grants H2B visas up till the period the employer needs the services. 

6-Before your visa expires, you can extend your stay up to 1 year, increments for a total of 3 years. 

*The Department of Homeland Security has 

determines the citizens of countries, that are eligible to get H-2B visas and this gets updated each year. 

Open until September 2023.

 Apply NOW H-2BVisas.

1-Online Form DS-160

2-Approval notice of Form I-797 and Form I-129 

from USCIS

3-A valid international passport.

4-A passport-style photo.

*Documents to prove you intend to return home 

once the employment finishes e.g apartment lease, property deed.

H-2B spouse and your Kids.

 Family of H-2B Workers:

Any worker's spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age may seek admission.

Apply H-2B visas

 Apply H-2B.

-Petitioner submits a temporary labor certification application to DOL.

-Petitioner submits Form I-129 to USCIS.

-Prospective workers outside the United States apply.

The applicants who may be issued an H-2B visa or otherwise granted H-2B status during a fiscal year. Currently,  the H-2B cap has been set at 66,000 per year. However, unused H-2B numbers from one fiscal year do not carry over into the next.

Once the H-2B cap is reached, USCIS may only accept petitions for H-2B workers who are exempt from the H-2B cap. 

Generally, the USCIS may grant those on an H-2B status up to the period of time authorized on the temporary labor certification. Those may be extended for qualifying employment in increments of up to 1 year each. The maximum period of stay in H-2B classification is 3 years.

H-2B

 Occupations:

1-Landscaping/Groundskeeping Work.

2-Forest/Conservation Workers.

3-Amusement/Recreation Attendants.

4-Maids/Housekeeping Workers.

5-Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters.

H-2B visas.

 Department of Homeland Security (Department of Labor) are issuing  H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These supplemental H-2B visas are for U.S. employers seeking to petition for additional workers at certain periods of the fiscal year before Sept. 15, 2023. This is the first time.