What is the H-2B Visa Program?

The H-2B Visa Non-Immigrant Program permits employers to hire foreign workers to come to the United States and perform temporary non-agricultural services, or labor in positions that would otherwise go unfilled.

Employers must be labor certified by their State Labor Department and the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.  They must demonstrate that they have either a one-time, seasonal, peak-load or intermittent basis and can only hire H-2B workers if qualified U.S. workers are not available to do the job.