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DHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs

In this blog post, we share with you the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B visa programs next year.

By law, DHS has the authority to update the eligible countries lists at any time by publishing a notice in the Federal Register, if the agency determines that a country fails to meet the requirements for continued designation.

The H-2A and H-2B visa programs enable U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural and nonagricultural jobs, respectively.

USCIS approves H-2A and H-2B petitions only for nationals of countries that the secretary of homeland security has designated as eligible to participate in the programs. However, USCIS may approve H-2A and H-2B petitions, including those that were pending as of the date of publication of the Federal Register Notice, for nationals of countries not on the lists on a case-by-case basis only if doing so is determined to be in the interest of the United States.

Beginning November 10, nationals of the following countries are eligible to receive H-2A and H-2B visas, including the Kingdom of Eswatini (Eswatini) which was recently added to the list of countries eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs.

To view the complete notice in the Federal Register please click here.


List of Eligible Countries


          Andorra

The Kingdom of Eswatini

Madagascar

Saint Lucia

Argentina

Fiji

Malta

San Marino

Australia

Finland

Mauritius

Serbia

Austria

France

Mexico

Singapore

Barbados

Germany

Monaco

Slovakia

Belgium

Greece

Mongolia*

Slovenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grenada

Montenegro

Solomon Islands

Brazil

Guatemala

Mozambique

South Africa

Brunei

Haiti

Nauru

South Korea

Bulgaria

Honduras

The Netherlands

Spain

Canada

Hungary

New Zealand

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Chile

Iceland

Nicaragua

Sweden

Colombia

Ireland

North Macedonia

Switzerland

Costa Rica

Israel

Norway

Taiwan***

Croatia

Italy

Panama

Thailand

Republic of Cyprus

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Timor-Leste

Czech Republic

Japan

Paraguay**

Turkey

Denmark

Kiribati

Peru

Tuvalu

Dominican Republic

Latvia

The Philippines*

Ukraine

Ecuador

Liechtenstein

Poland

United Kingdom

El Salvador

Lithuania

Portugal

Uruguay

Estonia

Luxembourg

Romania

Vanuatu

*Mongolia and the Philippines are eligible to participate in the H-2B program but are not eligible to participate in the H-2A program.

**Paraguay is eligible to participate in the H-2A program but is not eligible to participate in the H-2B program.


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