2021财年上半年美国H-2B签证申请已达上限

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary nonagricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2021. Nov. 16 was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2021. USCIS will reject new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after Nov. 16, that request an employment start date before April 1, 2021.

美国公民和移民服务局已收到足够的申请，以达到国会规定的2021财年上半年临时非农业工人H-2B签证上限。11 月 16 日是新上限主题 H-2B 工人申请在 2021 年 4 月 1 日之前开始就业的最后接收日期。移民局将拒绝在11月16日之后收到的新的上限主题H-2B申请，该申请要求在2021年4月1日之前开始就业。

On Nov. 16, the number of beneficiaries USCIS received petitions for surpassed the total number of remaining H-2B visas available for the H-2B cap for the first half of FY 2021. In accordance with regulations, USCIS determined it was necessary to use a computer-generated process, commonly known as a lottery, to ensure the fair and orderly allocation of H-2B visa numbers to meet, but not exceed, the cap for the first half of FY 2021. On Nov. 18, USCIS conducted a lottery to randomly select petitions from those received on Nov. 16. As a result, USCIS assigned all petitions selected in the lottery the receipt date of Nov. 18. Premium processing service for petitions selected in the lottery also began on that date.

11月16日，移民局收到的申请数量超过了2021财年上半财年H-2B上限剩余的H-2B签证总数。根据规定，移民局确定有必要使用计算机生成的流程（通常称为彩票）来确保公平有序地分配 H-2B 签证号，以满足但不超过 2021 财年上半财年上限。11月18日，移民局进行了一次抽签，从11月16日收到的请愿书中随机抽取。因此，移民局将彩票中选定的所有请愿书分配到11月18日。彩票中选定的请愿书的高级处理服务也于该日开始。

USCIS continues to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap. This includes the following types of petitions:

Current H-2B workers in the U.S. who are extending their stay and, if applicable, changing the terms of their employment or changing their employers;

Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians, and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and

Workers performing labor or services in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam from Nov. 28, 2009, until Dec. 31, 2029.

移民局继续接受不受国会授权上限的H-2B申请。这包括以下类型的请愿：

美国目前的H-2B工作人员请求延长逗留期限，并在适用的情况下改变雇用条款或更换雇主。

鱼子加工厂，鱼子技师和/或鱼子加工监督员。

2009年11月28日至2029年12月31日在北马里亚纳群岛和/或关岛联邦进行劳务或劳务的工人。

U.S. businesses use the H-2B program to employ foreign workers for temporary nonagricultural jobs. Currently, Congress has set the H-2B cap at 66,000 per fiscal year, with 33,000 for workers who begin employment in the first half of the fiscal year (Oct. 1 - March 31) and 33,000 (plus any unused numbers from the first half of the fiscal year) for workers who begin employment in the second half of the fiscal year (April 1 - Sept. 30).

美国企业使用H-2B计划雇佣外国工人从事临时非农业工作。目前，国会已将H-2B上限设定为每财政年度66，000人，在财政年度上半年（10月1日至3月31日）开始就业的工人为33，000人，在财政年度下半年（4月1日至9月30日）开始就业的工人为33，000人（加上本财政年度上半年的任何未用数字）。

原文链接：https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-reaches-h-2b-cap-for-first-half-of-fy-2021