The bill potentially increases the previous 66,000-visa cap by nearly 70,000, to 135,320 workers. The increase will only impact summer-season H-2B employers and will not apply to winter employers for October through February start dates.
Overwhelming Demand Leads to Latest H-2B Visa Lottery
In less than a week after the Department of Homeland Security placed 15,000 additional visas for temporary workers into circulation, it was inundated with petitions and announced it was cutting off further applications and would select recipients through a computer-generated selection process. Even for club and resort properties that have their petitions selected, however, there…
NCA Cites “Potential Breakthrough” in Immigration Debate
A new bill proposed by Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona “could revolutionize the way clubs fill their employment needs,” the National Club Association reports, through a 10-year pilot program that would create a new guest-worker visa for lower-skills jobs. The bill could be passed and signed into law in 2017, the NCA says, regardless of the results of this November’s elections.