1205-AC20 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2025 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change

DHS, in consultation with DOL, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 authority and increasing the total number of noncitizens who may receive an H-2B nonimmigrant visa by up to 64,716 for the entirety of FY 2025. These supplemental visas will be distributed in several allocations, one of which will reserve 20,000 visas for nationals of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, or Costa Rica. All visas will be available only to businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, as attested by the employer. In addition, DHS is again providing temporary portability flexibility.

]]> Section 3(f)(1) Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No 8 CFR 214.2(h) 8 CFR 274a12.12 20 CFR part 655, subpart A 29 CFR part 503 6 U.S.C. 202(4), 8 U.S.C. secs. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), 1101(a)(3), 1184(c)(1), (c)(14), and 1324a, 1357(a)(1) Section 303, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division O, Title III, Pub. L. 117-328 (Dec. 29, 2022) extended by sections 101(6) and 106 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act, Division A, Pub. L. 118-15 (Sep. 30, 2023) No Temporary Final Rule 12/00/2024 No None No No No 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS Joint Brian Pasternak Administrator 1205 Employment and Training Administration ETA 202 693-8200 pasternak.brian@dol.gov 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Office of Foreign Labor Certification; Room N-5311, FP Building, Washington DC 20210