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USCIS Announces 63 Countries Eligible to Participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, has added Austria, Italy, Panama, and Thailand to the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs for the coming year. The notice listing the 63 eligible countries published January 17, 2014 in the Federal Register.

The H-2A and H-2B Visa programs allow U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural and nonagricultural jobs, respectively. Generally, USCIS only approves H-2A and H-2B petitions for nationals of countries the secretary of Homeland Security has designated as eligible to participate in the programs. USCIS may approve H-2A and H-2B petitions for nationals of countries not on the list if it is determined to be in the interest of the United States.

Effective Jan. 18, 2014, nationals of the following 63 countries are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs:

Argentina


Fiji


Mexico


Slovakia

Australia


Grenada


Moldova


Slovenia

Austria


Guatemala


Montenegro


Solomon Islands

Barbados


Haiti


Nauru


South Africa

Belize


Honduras


The Netherlands


South Korea

Brazil


Hungary


Nicaragua


Spain

Bulgaria


Iceland


New Zealand


Switzerland

Canada


Ireland


Norway


Thailand

Chile


Israel


Panama


Tonga

Costa Rica


Italy


Papua New Guinea


Turkey

Croatia


Jamaica


Peru


Tuvalu

Dominican Republic


Japan


The Philippines


Ukraine

Ecuador


Kiribati


Poland


United Kingdom

El Salvador


Latvia


Romania


Uruguay

Estonia


Lithuania


Samoa


Vanuatu

Ethiopia


Macedonia


Serbia




This notice does not affect the status of beneficiaries who currently are in the United States in H-2A or H-2B status unless they apply to change or extend their status. Each country’s designation is valid for one year from January 18, 2014.

For more information on USCIS and its programs please visit www.uscis.gov.

Last Reviewed/Updated: 01/17/2014

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