This was announced by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services increased cap for additional H-2B visass for the 2022 financial year incorporation the limit at 35,000.
In spite of the first 23,500 additional visas were deliveredUSCIS announced it will continue to receive applications until complete the remaining 11,500 capacities during the current year.
But which countries can apply for this type of visa? Is Cuba eligible for an H-2B visa? What is the United States H-2B visa? We will tell you all this and much more below.
Regarding the first question, this year it could only be requested by citizens of certain countries included in the list below.
It is important to make that clear this list changes every year as approved by the Department of Homeland Security:
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Brazil
- brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- chili
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Republic of Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- The saviour
- Estonia
- fiji
- Finland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Moritz
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Nauru
- The Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- the philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Serbian
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- North Macedonia
- Madagascar
- malt
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sweden
- Swiss
- Taiwan*
- Thailand
- East Timor
- Turkey
- Tuvaluan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- grenade
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
Nevertheless the 11,500 available H-2B visas to work in the United States can only be applied for by citizens of the following countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haitiregardless of whether they are returning workers or not.
Although Cuba is not included in this list, which, as mentioned, changes every year, we would like to highlight two points that could be considered.
One is that the availability of countries eligible for H-2B visas to the United States changes year to year, but even if the applicant is not a citizen of any of the countries, they can still submit their application in writing .
This would be the second point we refer to, because the Department of Homeland Security has the authority, through its Secretary, to determine whether an ineligible country can be added to the previous list.
In this case, interested parties must submit their request in writing to the DHS Policy Office or to the State Department of the United States Embassy or Consulate in their country.
On the other hand, in answering our third question at the beginning of this article, we tell you that the H-2B visa to work in the United States consists of a nonimmigrant permit with a validity of 3 years, which allows employers to provide non-US country citizens through temporary non-agricultural visas.
.@DHSgov recently announced a temporary final rule that will make an additional 35,000 H-2B visas available. Today we announce that we have received enough petitions to secure an additional 23,500 visas for returning workers only. https://t.co/1L5fcKY8c0
— USCIS Spanish (@USCIS_es) May 31, 2022
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