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 ...

"It does not displace an American. They cannot lead to citizenship. And without H-2Bs this season the Cape will survive, but it will not thrive." Tourism is $1 billion a year business on the Cape.

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.

And on Jan. 1, Labor began accepting applications for H-2Bs for summer 2019 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Employers are so eager for workers they submitted more than 97,800 requests in the ...

His state in particular was recently the subject of an investigative Buzzfeed report about H-2Bs. The report, which also profiled the nearly identical H-2A program for temporary agricultural ...

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.

The additional visas are being allowed, the department said, because the annual, congressionally mandated allotment of 66,000 H-2Bs was reached last March, leaving some businesses without ...

In contrast, H-2A visas are for agricultural labor and H-2Bs are for seasonal and short-term positions. The visas have roots ...

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 ...