USCIS H-2B Streamlining Q&A

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"When U.S. employers face a shortage of available U.S. workers to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs, they may petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for permission to bring foreign workers into the United States to perform that work. Once approved, these workers enter the United States in H-2B nonimmigrant status. USCIS has announced a series of proposed rules that will streamline the process of hiring temporary non-agricultural workers under the H-2B program."

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/h-2-faq-15Aug08.pdf