{"id":53,"date":"2009-01-26T11:48:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2009-01-26T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T17:48:34","slug":"fy-2009-h-2b-cap-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"FY 2009 H-2B Cap Reached"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The H-2B Visa cap was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/files\/article\/h2b_8jan09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">met<\/a> on January 7, 2009 for FY2009.\u00a0 Since the passage of the Save Our Small Business and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005, the H-2B filing season was split into two halves.\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of splitting the filing season\u00a0 is to avoid summer season filers to have an advantage over winter season filers.\u00a0 The first half for FY2009 began June 2009 and the cap was met on July 29, 2008 and the second half began December 2008 and has now been met as of January 7, 2009.\u00a0 The filing season for the first half of FY2010 will begin June 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The inability for US businesses for find and hire qualified seasonal workers will undoubtedly harm US business.\u00a0 To see what you can do to help raise the H-2B cap, please visit this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savesmallbusiness.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are few exemptions from the H-2B visa cap and they are:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Fish roe processors, fish roe technicians and supervisors of fish roe processing.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, there was an exemption for H-2B returning workers.\u00a0 An employer was able to attest that the H-2B was returning for work the next season and the H-2B would be classified as H-2R.\u00a0 However, this exemption expired Sept 30, 2007 and was not extended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The H-2B Visa cap was met on January 7, 2009 for FY2009.\u00a0 Since the passage of the Save Our Small Business and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005, the H-2B filing season was split into two halves.\u00a0\u00a0 The purpose of splitting the filing season\u00a0 is to avoid summer season filers to have an advantage over winter &#8230; <a title=\"FY 2009 H-2B Cap Reached\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=53\" aria-label=\"Read more about FY 2009 H-2B Cap Reached\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[172],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h-2b-visa","tag-h-2b-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The H-2B Visa cap was met on January 7, 2009 for FY2009. 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