The US government will issue an additional 20,000 H-2B visas in the first half of the fiscal year in an attempt to alleviate the US labor crisis, Reuters reported.
The visas are intended to help U.S. employers who face irreparable harm if they are unable to hire additional workers by March 31, 2022, the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor said in a statement.
Additional visas will become available to employers on January 28, 2022.