The Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security announced a temporary file rule that will increase the limit of H-2B nonimmigrant visas by nearly 65,000 for 2024.
According to a joint statement from the departments, the supplemental visas – totaling 64,716 – will be available to U.S. businesses “that are suffering irreparable harm or will suffer impending irreparable harm” without the ability to employ H-2B workers. Last year, the departments made the same move by making 64,716 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for fiscal year 2023.