Learn more about the visa program that's become vital for rounding out the workforce of Palm Beach's hospitality industry.

There have been 1,522 applications submitted thus far in fiscal year 2025, with requests for 7,429 workers. In FY 2024 there were a total of 1,505 applications submitted for 7,245 workers.

The H-2B visa program originally underwent a switch to a “ first come, first served” application process in response to the overwhelming number of applications received, but the switch created ...

The H2B Visa Program complements the U.S. workforce. It doesn’t compete with it. The number of H2B visas is capped at 66,000 per year, while there are approximately 122 million Americans ...

If an application makes it through the DOL lottery, they enter a visa lottery conducted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Another challenge to using the H-2B program is the ...

In May 2005, my Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act was signed into law and made significant changes to the H2B visa program. Among the changes, it exempted returning seasonal workers from ...