Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ?45,930, DOL is updating its H-2B application processing procedures - AGENCY GUIDANCE, (Feb. 28, 2019)

摘要

The Department of Labor is updating its procedures for processing H-2B applications. The move was prompted by the intense competition for H-2B visas in recent years, which has resulted in challenges to handle the increasingly large volume of H-2B applications filed on January 1 of each year. Volume skyrocketing. Notably, after having modified its processing procedures due to unprecedented increases in volume, in January 2019, the DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) received about 5,276 applications covering more than 96,400 worker positions for start dates of work on April 1, exceeding the semi-annual visa allotment by nearly 300 percent, according to the agency’s update announcement.