DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2023
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it will be issuing a regulation that 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. DHS is moving quickly to satisfy employers’ requirements for additional seasonal employees by making these supplemental visas available at the start of the fiscal year, which started on October 1, 2022.
Source: USCIS
USCIS Issues Policy Guidance on the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022
Based on the repeal of the EB-5 Modernization Rule and the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released policy guidance (PDF, 342.87 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual.
Features of the policy include:
- removing the EB-5 Modernization Rule clauses that a federal court ruled were invalid on June 22, 2021;
- stating that a requester may submit Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status Revising the Investment Amounts and the Procedure for Designating a Targeted Employment Area; and
- Form I-526 has been updated throughout Volumes 7 and 8 to reflect its current name, “Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor,” and references to Form I-526E have also been made.
Source: USCIS
Bedrock of Legal US Immigration Leaves Millions Waiting for Years
For decades, sponsorship through immediate families has been significantly backlogged, which immigration advocates say presents barriers to family reunification. Immigration researchers shared with VOA that it would take “some pretty ambitious legislators to change the status quo.”
Source: Boundless
