USCIS : Les États-Unis disposent toujours de visas de non-immigration pour les Centraméricains et les Haïtiens

L’USCIS indique qu’en raison du fait qu’aucune pétition correctement déposée n’avait été reçue à la date de publication de la règle finale temporaire, elle a repris le processus d’acceptation des pétitions.

Mardi 31 mai 2022 ((rezonodwes.com))–Le gouvernement américain a déclaré mardi qu’il continuait de recevoir les demandes de visas de travailleur non immigrant (H-2B) pour les 11 500 visas supplémentaires qu’il a accordés aux citoyens du Salvador, du Guatemala, du Honduras et d’Haïti.

Ces visas, qui correspondent à l’année fiscale 2022, seront accordés « indépendamment du fait s’il s’agit de travailleurs qui reviennent » dans le pays, ont ajouté les services américains de citoyenneté et d’immigration (USCIS) dans un communiqué publié mardi.

L’agence fédérale a indiqué que les citoyens de ces quatre pays – incluant Haiti – ont jusqu’au 15 septembre pour déposer leur demande, ou jusqu’à ce que le plafond des visas soit atteint. Peu importe l’échéance qui arrive en premier.

Les bénéficiaires sont les travailleurs H-2B se trouvant actuellement aux États-Unis qui souhaitent prolonger leur séjour et, le cas échéant, modifier les conditions de leur emploi ou changer d’employeur.

Dans le cadre de la réglementation complémentaire temporaire finale récemment annoncée par le gouvernement, qui augmente le plafond de 35 000 visas H-2B supplémentaires jusqu’à la fin de l’année fiscale 2022, l’USCIS a reçu suffisamment de pétitions pour atteindre le plafond des 23 500 visas supplémentaires disponibles uniquement pour les travailleurs de retour.

L’USCIS a donc encouragé les pétitionnaires de ces quatre pays dont les travailleurs n’ont pas été sélectionnés pour l’attribution des 23 500 visas de travailleur de retour à soumettre une nouvelle demande.

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Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for Second Half of FY 2022

Under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule increasing the cap by up to 35,000 additional H-2B nonimmigrant visas through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2022, USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 23,500 visas made available for returning workers only. We continue to accept petitions for H-2B nonimmigrant workers for the additional 11,500 visas allotted for nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti, regardless of whether they are returning workers.

Because no properly filed petitions were received on the date of the temporary final rule’s publication, we began accepting H-2B petitions on May 19. In the first five business days of filing, we received petitions for more beneficiaries than the additional 23,500 visas made available for H-2B returning workers. In accordance with DHS regulations, we used a computer-generated process to conduct a random selection of petitions to meet, but not exceed, the 23,500 returning worker allotment for FY 2022. The random selection, completed on May 27, included all H-2B cap-subject petitions filed under the H-2B returning worker allotment that were received between May 19 and May 25. We will reject and return any cap-subject petitions for H-2B returning workers (not including petitions for nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti) received after May 25, together with any accompanying filing fees. Petitions accepted for processing will have a receipt date of May 31, 2022. Premium processing service for these petitions begins on that receipt date.

Petitioners whose workers were not selected for the 23,500 returning worker allotment are encouraged to refile for workers from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti while visas for that allotment remain available. The final date for filing petitions for nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti who are exempt from the returning worker requirement is Sept. 15, 2022, or when the cap is reached, whichever occurs first.

We will continue to accept H-2B petitions for workers filing under the El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti allotment, as well as those that are exempt from the congressionally mandated cap. This includes petitions for:

• Current H-2B workers in the United States petitioning to extend their stay and, if applicable, change the terms of their employment or change their employers;
• Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians, and/or supervisors of fish roe processing; and
• Workers performing labor or services in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and/or Guam from Nov. 28, 2009, until Dec. 31, 2029.

Additional information on the FY 2022 supplemental visas is available on the Temporary Increase in Nonimmigrant H-2B Visas for FY 2022 page.

Cap Reached for Additional Returning Worker H-2B Visas for Second Half of FY 2022 (uscis.gov)