This year, her business didn’t receive any H-2Bs in a national lottery, where an unprecedented 81,600 of the visas were requested and only 33,000 were granted. “We should have had our workers ...

For employers who depend on the visas, the news came as a blow. At the center of the debate about H-2Bs is whether American workers will pick up the seasonal jobs left open by a lack of visas.

H-2Bs are temporary non-agriculture work visas for foreigners without advanced degrees, often used for seasonal work in landscaping, food processing and hospitality. The worker visas are crucial ...

A rule to issue the extra visas, known as H-2Bs, to foreign workers who have held them in the past was cleared last week by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

H-2Bs generally allow for a maximum 10-month stay and are often used by small, seasonal businesses such as housing contractors, landscapers, and seafood processors. The application process ...

In 2019, Texas led all states with over 16,000 positions certified for H-2Bs. Employers are eager to hire more immigrants, if only there were enough visas to go around. Job-based visas for ...

In order to obtain H-2Bs, employers must prove that there are not enough US workers who are “able, willing, qualified, and available” to do the temporary work. 40 of the visas were for servers ...