Temporary Workers (H-2B)

The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary nonagricultural jobs. A U.S. employer must file a Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, on a prospective worker’s behalf.

To qualify for H-2B nonimmigrant classification:

  1. The employer must establish that its need for the prospective worker’s services or labor is temporary, regardless of whether the underlying job can be described as permanent or temporary. The employer’s need is considered temporary if it is a one-time occurrence, a seasonal need, a peak-load need, or an intermittent need

  2. The employer must demonstrate that there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to do the temporary work

  3. The employer must show that the employment of H-2B workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.

  4. Generally, a single, valid temporary labor certification from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), or, in the case where the workers will be employed on Guam, from the Governor of Guam, must be submitted with the H-2B petition. (Exception: an employer is not required to submit a temporary labor certification with its petition if it is requesting H-2B employment in a position for which the DOL does not require the filing of a temporary labor certification application.
 
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  1. Applicant must have a residence in a foreign country that s/he has no intention of abandoning;
  2. Must be coming temporarily to the United States to perform non-agricultural work of a temporary or seasonal nature, if unemployed persons capable of performing such labor or services cannot be found;
  3. Requires a petition from a U.S. employer that desires the services of the alien;
  4. The alien must be from a country designated by DHS as a participating country;
  5. The job must be for a temporary period of time, based on a one-time occurrence, as a seasonal need, as a peak load need, or as an intermittent need; and
  6. Generally, the period of stay is limited to one year or less, but in the case of a one-time event could last up to three years.

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