AOL partner association FRA has lobbied Congress, urging them to press the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to officially release supplemental H-2B visas without delay, because the second-half 2025 cap had been met. Thanks to the combined efforts of the FRA and the H-2B Workforce Coalition, DHS has released more supplemental visas.
March 26th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that H-2B supplemental visas are now available, including 64,716 additional visas authorized by DHS, starting between April 1 and September 30, 2025.
H-2B visa forestry workers are essential for planting and important precommercial thinning. Each year, visa workers are responsible for 85% of all seedling planting on US public and private forest acres. Currently, the U.S. faces a 3-5+ year backlog in tree planting.
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