H-2B seasonal worker visas: Cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2027
USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the cap for H-2B temporary seasonal worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027, so employers planning for this period may need to wait for potential supplemental visa allocations or future filing windows.
Who this applies to & what you could do
H-2B Seasonal Non-Agricultural Worker
- Petitions received after September 4, 2026, for employment starting before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
- New cap-subject petitions with start dates before April 1, 2027, are no longer accepted
- Petitions for extensions, current status holders, or cap-exempt positions remain unaffected
- Petitions received after September 4, 2026, for start dates before April 1, 2027, are being rejected.
- Check with your U.S. employer to confirm if your petition was filed on or before September 4, 2026, or discuss potential options for start dates on or after April 1, 2027.
- Check with your potential employer or a legal representative to see if your job qualifies for a cap exemption or if you should prepare for the second half of the fiscal year filing window.
Timeline — newest first
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the federal limit for new H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final cutoff date to receive cap-subject petitions for employment starting before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4 requesting start dates before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
H-2B seasonal visas: USCIS fills cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has met the annual limit for new H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency reached the limit on September 4, 2026, and is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions requesting work start dates before April 1, 2027. This decision is currently in effect.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough applications to meet the limit for temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final day to accept new cap-subject applications requesting work start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject applications received after September 4 for jobs starting before April 1, 2027, are now being rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled the federal limit for H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency is rejecting any new cap-subject applications received after September 4, 2026, that request start dates before April 1, 2027. This policy is now in effect.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the annual limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final date it accepted new cap-subject petitions for job start dates before April 1, 2027. This closure is now in effect, and any new petitions subject to the limit received after that date will be rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally set limit for new H-2B temporary worker petitions for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final date for accepting these applications was September 4, 2026. USCIS is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for jobs starting before April 1, 2027.
USCIS reaches H-2B cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the cap for new H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final day the agency accepted new cap-subject petitions for job start dates before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. USCIS will now reject any new cap-subject H-2B applications received after September 4, 2026, that request start dates before April 1, 2027.
USCIS reaches H-2B seasonal worker cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough applications to reach the standard limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. As a result, the agency is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions submitted after September 4, 2026, that request employment start dates before April 1, 2027. This cap is now in effect for the remainder of the first half of the fiscal year.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the congressionally mandated cap for H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final date for receiving new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after that date for start dates before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the limit set by Congress for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4 for work starting before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of FY 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough applications to meet the official limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The government set September 4, 2026, as the final day to accept new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new petitions for jobs in this timeframe received after September 4 are now being rejected.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough applications to reach the limit for temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set Sept. 4, 2026, as the final day it accepted new limit-subject applications for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new applications subject to the cap received after that date are now being rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the limit on H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final day to accept new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for work starting before April 1 will be rejected.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the congressional limit for new H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final date for receiving new petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. USCIS is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions for this period that arrive after that cutoff date.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled all available H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final date to submit new cap-subject applications for jobs starting before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. The government is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for employment starting before April 1.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled all available H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final date it accepted new applications for employment starting before April 1, 2027. Any new applications subject to the annual limit received after that date for this timeframe are now being rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the official limit for new H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. As of September 4, 2026, immigration officials will reject any new cap-subject applications that request work start dates before April 1, 2027. This cutoff is now in effect for the remainder of the first half of the fiscal year.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it has received enough applications to reach the congressionally mandated cap for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final date to submit petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. The government is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for employment start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the annual limit for temporary non-agricultural work visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027 has been reached. As of September 4, 2026, the agency stopped accepting new cap-subject applications for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new petitions for this winter period received after that cutoff date will now be rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled all available H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The government set September 4, 2026, as the final cutoff date to submit new applications for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Immigration officials will reject any new cap-subject applications received after that date for work starting within this period.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the federal cap for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. Because the limit has been met, immigration officials stopped accepting new cap-subject petitions on September 4, 2026 for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject applications received after that date for work starting before April 1 will be rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. September 4, 2026, was the final date to submit new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. The agency will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for start dates in this period.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough petitions to reach the limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency established September 4, 2026, as the final cutoff date to receive new cap-subject petitions requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2027. USCIS is now rejecting any new cap-subject applications for this period that were received after September 4.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the numerical limit set by Congress for H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker) visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency is rejecting any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4, 2026, that request employment start dates before April 1, 2027. This cap limit is now in effect.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the government limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. Immigration officials will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4, 2026, that request start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: Cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has filled all available H-2B temporary work visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final day for the agency to receive new applications subject to the limit for work starting before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. USCIS will reject any new cap-subject applications for this timeframe received after that date.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the annual limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting work start dates before April 1, 2027. USCIS is now rejecting any new cap-subject H-2B petitions received after September 4, 2026, that ask for start dates prior to April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled all available H-2B non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final date to receive new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. The agency is now rejecting any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for employment within this timeframe.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated cap for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set Sept. 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting job start dates before April 1, 2027. USCIS will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after Sept. 4, 2026, that request employment start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the federal limit for H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker) visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. September 4, 2026, was set as the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting work start dates before April 1, 2027. The agency will now reject any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4 that ask for start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B visas: USCIS reaches cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough applications to meet the official limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency set September 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new cap-subject applications requesting job start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4 for work starting before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
USCIS reaches H-2B cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough applications to reach the limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final date for submitting new cap-subject applications for jobs starting before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. The agency is now rejecting any new cap-subject applications received after September 4 for employment beginning in this period.
USCIS reaches H-2B visa cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. immigration authorities have filled the limit for H-2B seasonal worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The government set September 4, 2026, as the final day to submit new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Officials will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after that date requesting a start date prior to April 1.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the official limit for H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. Effective September 4, 2026, the agency stopped accepting new cap-subject petitions seeking employment start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4, 2026, for start dates before April 1, 2027, will be rejected.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
The U.S. government has reached the official limit for H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker) visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. As of September 4, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stopped accepting new cap-subject petitions for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. The agency will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after that date for employment starting before April 1, 2027.
USCIS reaches H-2B cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received enough applications to reach the legal limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. September 4, 2026, was the final date the agency accepted new cap-subject petitions for employment start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new petitions for work starting before April 1, 2027, received after September 4 will be rejected.
H-2B cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2027
The U.S. government has reached the limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services set September 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new petitions requesting employment start dates before April 1, 2027. The agency will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4 for start dates prior to April 1, 2027.
H-2B cap reached for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled the statutory limit for H-2B temporary worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The agency is no longer accepting new cap-subject petitions requesting work start dates before April 1, 2027. Any new standard petitions for this period received after September 4, 2026, are now being rejected.
H-2B cap reached for the first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the federal cap for H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker) visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. September 4, 2026, was the final date the agency accepted new petitions for employment starting before April 1, 2027. USCIS is now rejecting any new petitions received after September 4 that request start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reached the annual limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting a work start date before April 1, 2027, was September 4, 2026. The agency will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4, 2026, that request start dates before April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker visas: USCIS reaches cap for first half of fiscal year 2027
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the official limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. The government set September 4, 2026, as the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting job start dates before April 1, 2027. USCIS will reject any new cap-subject petitions received after September 4, 2026, that request employment start dates prior to April 1, 2027.
H-2B seasonal worker cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2027
The U.S. government has reached the annual limit for H-2B temporary non-agricultural worker visas for the first half of fiscal year 2027. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) set September 4, 2026, as the final date for receiving new applications subject to this limit for jobs starting before April 1, 2027. Any new cap-subject applications received after that cutoff for start dates in this period will be rejected.
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