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December 07, 2007

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has provided the latest H-2B visa cap count. The H-2B cap has not yet been reached for the second half of fiscal year 2008.

	Cap	Beneficiaries Approved	Beneficiaries Pending	Beneficiary Target1	Total	Date of Last Count
H-2B 1st Half	33,000	-----	-----	-----	Cap Reached	9/27/2007
H-2B 2nd Half	33,000	2,729	4,435	To be determined	7,164	12/4/2007
H-2B Annual (FY 08)	66,000	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----

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