May 20, 2026 by Brian LernerUSCIS announced that it has received enough petitions as of March 26, 2015, to reach the H-2B cap for FY2015. As such, USCIS will reject any new H-2B petitions that request a start date before October 1, 2015, and were received after March 26, 2015.H-2B petitionH-2B CapThe H-2B applicationH-2B temporary worker