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Feds Announce Additional H-2B Visas, More Must Be Done Monday, November 6, 2023   (0 Comments) Posted by: Hank Davis Share | Last Friday, the U.S Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Labor released a temporary final rule that will make available an additional 64,716 H-2B visas available for Fiscal Year 2024. This release nearly doubles the congressionally mandated cap of 66,000 and brings the total number of available H-2B visas for FY24 to 130,716. Our partners at The National Restaurant Association and the American Hotel & Lodging Association have been aggressively lobbying the Biden administration and Congress to expand the number of visas available through the H-2B visa program. While these additional visas will provide crucial help to seasonal businesses in SC, we recognize they will not be enough to meet our industry's ongoing labor needs in this competitive job market. The SCRLA and our national partners will continue urging Congress and the Biden administration to make available even more H-2B visas in the future. « Back to Index