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Visa

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DHS and DOL Announce Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are issuing a temporary final rule that makes available 64,716 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas II

October 25, 2022, CIS Ombudsman hosted a webinar about USCIS' efforts to use all available immigrant visas in FY23 and its efforts and successes in FY22.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas II

DHS CIS Ombudsman webinar on Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Looking Back at FY 2022 and Ahead to FY 2023 with USCIS, held on October 27, 2022.

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Fireside Chat

Summary page for the Fireside Chat event with USCIS Director Ur Jaddou and CIS Ombudsman Phyllis Coven, held September 21, 2022.

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DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2023

Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced that it will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023, on top of the 66,000 H-2B visas that are normally available each fiscal year.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar: Interagency International Student Issues

Publication page for materials for Interagency Webinar on International Student Issues

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: USCIS' Backlog Reduction Efforts

On June 22, 2022, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) hosted a webinar to discuss USCIS' backlog reduction efforts.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

On May 26, 2022, CIS Ombudsman hosted a webinar about USCIS' efforts to use all available immigrant visa numbers and more related to this fiscal year.

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DHS and DOL Announce Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Second Half of Fiscal Year

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the availability of an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas during the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2022. These visas are for U.S. employers seeking to employ additional workers on or after April 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022.

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DHS and DOL to Supplement the H-2B Cap with Additional Visas for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the forthcoming publication of a joint temporary final rule to make available an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2022.