Don’t miss the weekly Lawn & Landscape Online Poll! This week, we want to know if the H-2B legislation passed in May has helped you this year. Was your application for new H-2B workers received by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service before the 33,000 cap was reached on Dec. 16? Click here to let us know if your application was received or not, or if your H-2B workers won't count against the cap this year becuase of their previous visa status. Be sure to visit the Lawn & Landscape Message Board to share your thoughts on the success of the new legislation so far and what you hope to see in terms of permanent guest worker reform in the coming legislative year.
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Along with the help of representatives from other seasonal industries, such as hospitality and canning, the green industry had a big hand in moving guest worker legislation successfully through Congress by mid-2005. Among other things, application of the new H-2B rules splits the 66,000-visa cap into two 33,000-visa seasons and allows valid H-2B workers from the past three years to come back to work in the U.S. without counting against the cap. For more information about the structure and organizations that have a hand in developing more permanent guest worker reform, visit the links below. H-2B Cap Reached, House Passes Unfavorable Immigration Bill First H-2B Deadline Nears, Save Small Business Prepares for Another H-2B Push President Bush Signs H-2B Bill into Law |
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