The Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, announced the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A (temporary agricultural) and H-2B (temporary nonagricultural) visa programs in 2021.
For 2021, the Departments agreed to:
- Add the Philippines to the H-2B list;
- No longer designate Samoa and Tonga as eligible countries because they no longer meet the regulatory standards for the H-2A and H-2B visa programs; and
- No longer designate Mongolia as an eligible country for the H-2A visa program because it no longer meets the regulatory standards for that program.
Details:
- DHS Federal Register notice, https://bit.ly/3immXep
- DHS announcement, https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/dhs-announces-countries-eligible-for-h-2a-and-h-2b-visa-programs
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