Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AD16 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 authority to issue up to, but not more than, an additional 35,000 visas for the fiscal year. All of these supplemental visas will be available only to those American businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, i.e., those facing permanent and severe financial loss, as attested by the employer. These supplemental visas will be distributed in three allocations based on the petitioner’s start date of need through the end of the fiscal year.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No Fully or Partially Exempt 8 CFR 214.2 20 CFR part 655, subpart A. 6 U.S.C. 112, 202(4) 8 U.S.C. secs. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), 1103(a)(1), (a)(3), 1184(a)(1), (c)(1), (c)(14) 1357(a) Pub. L. 118-47, as extended by Pub. L. 119-37 8 CFR 214.2 20 CFR part 655, subpart A 29 CFR part 503 No Temporary Final Rule Effective Date 01/30/2026 Temporary Final Rule 02/03/2026 91 FR 5040 Undetermined Undetermined No https://www.regulations.gov https://www.regulations.gov No No Paul Buono Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009