In Washington, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the statutory H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2027 has been reached. The H-2B temporary nonagricultural w
USCIS said it had received enough petitions to meet the first-half cap of 33,000, and that September 4, 2026, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject petitions requesting start dates before April 1, 2027; cap-subject petitions received after that date for first-half start dates will be rejected. Petitions that do not count against the cap, such as extensions for current H-2B workers and changes of employer, are not affected. The second-half allocation of 33,000, for start dates beginning April 1, 2027, has not yet opened.
On supplemental visas, no announcement for fiscal 2027 had been confirmed as of late October. By comparison, for fiscal 2026 the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor made up to 64,716 additional visas available beyond the 66,000 statutory cap under a temporary rule, in three allocations by start date, limited to U.S. businesses attesting they would suffer irreparable harm without the workers; that relief applied to fiscal 2026 only. In October, Senators Angus King and Mike Rounds circulated a bipartisan letter asking the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Labor to release the maximum allowable number of supplemental H-2B visas for fiscal 2027, with a sign-on deadline of October 26. Supplemental visas require separate congressional authority and administrative action and are not part of the regular statutory cap.
来源：H-2B名额与增补规则梳理（Listed Abroad，2026年11月1日更新，数据源为移民局cap公告） https://www.listedabroad.com/guides/usa-h2b-cap-and-supplemental-visas ；参议员联名信征集说明（Foreign-Born Employee Alliance／FEWA，2026年10月15日） https://fewaglobal.org/ask-senators-to-sign-h-2b-letter-before-oct-26/
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Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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