U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 18,490 H-2B visas made available for the first allocation of returning workers of fiscal year 2026 with start dates from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2026, under...
Finally, some good news regarding our efforts for H-2B cap relief. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a supplemental H-2B visa rule releasing 64,716 additional visas in three tranches. There is no Northern Central America (NCA) carve-out in this...
From the classroom to the conference room. Member Guide Vanessa Ryman has spent her professional life helping others learn, grow, and succeed. Before joining FEWA in 2019, she worked nearly a decade in education, teaching elementary school students across multiple...
(Washington, D.C., December 9, 2025)--The American economy depends on a reliable, legal, and timely workforce to keep essential industries running. Today, more than 2,200 small businesses call on the Trump Administration to immediately release the 64,716 supplemental...
The Federation of Employers and Workers of America (FEWA) and the H-2B Workforce Coalition continue to advocate for the release of H-2B supplemental visas for 2026. We are asking FEWA members and others to communicate with your elected officials to pressure the...
On October 16, 2025, FEWA’s legal partner, Shawn Packer, discussed significant changes happening to H-2A rules that will impact your 2026 H-2A applications. Not only did the Department of Labor rescind their “No Staggering Dates” policy on August 25, 2025, but they...
Susan and Duane Keesen (pictured on the right) never set out to be leaders in a national organization. They simply believed in hard work, integrity, and supporting their community. Yet over the years, that simple philosophy guided them to build successful careers,...
The Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (EWIC), in which the Federation of Employers and Workers of Amercia (FEWA) is a member, commends Representatives Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC, Andy...
Washington, DC (September 16, 2025) – The H-2B Workforce Coalition, an effort aimed at protecting American workers through a stable and reliable seasonal workforce, today released a new comprehensive economic analysis that explores the impacts and realities of the...
The U.S. Department of State announced that beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2025, all H-2 visa applicants must be interviewed. There will no longer be an interview waiver option for H-2 visa applicants, and all H-2 applicants--including those with prior visas--will...