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DIVISION OF APPLIED UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Caribbean L 30 ife, March 6-12, 2020
Five Caribbean
countries eligible for
US H-2A and H-2B
Visa Programs
By Nelson A. King
The Trump administration
in the United
States has listed five Caribbean
countries among
84 countries worldwide
that are eligible for H-2A
and H-2B visa programs
that allow US employers
to bring foreign nationals
to the US to fill temporary
agricultural and
nonagricultural jobs,
respectively.
US Citizenship and
Immigration Services
(USCIS) and the Department
of Homeland Security
(DHS), in consultation
with the Department
of State (DOS), said the
five Caribbean countries
are eligible to participate
in the programs in 2020.
The Caribbean countries
are: Barbados,
Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Jamaica, and
St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
But USCIS said while
the Dominican Republic
is eligible to participate
in the H-2A program, it is
not eligible to participate
in the H-2B program.
For 2020, USCIS said
the acting DHS has determined,
with the concurrence
of the Office of the
Secretary of State, that
the countries designated
as eligible in 2019 will
remain unchanged.
“DHS maintains its
authority to add countries
to the eligible countries
list at any time, and
to remove any country
whenever DHS and DOS
determine that a country
fails to meet the requirements
for continued designation,”
said USCIS in a
statement.
It said examples of factors
that could result in
the exclusion of a country
or the removal of a country
from the list include
fraud, abuse, denial rates,
overstay rates, human
trafficking concerns, and
other forms of noncompliance
with the terms
and conditions of the H-2
visa programs by nationals
of that country.
Typically, USCIS said it
approves H-2A and H-2B
petitions only for nationals
of countries that the
DHS secretary has designated
as eligible to participate
in the programs.
However, USCIS said
it may approve H-2A and
H-2B petitions, including
those that were pending
as of the date of the
Federal Register notice,
for nationals of countries
not on the list on a
case-by-case basis “only
if doing so is determined
to be in the interest of the
United States.”
USCIS said the list
does not affect the status
of H-2 beneficiaries
who currently are in the
United States, “unless
they apply to extend their
status.”
It also said that the list
does apply to nonimmigrants
changing status in
the United States to H-2A
or B.
“Each country’s designation
is valid, subject to
removal for failure to meet
the requirements for continued
designation, from
Jan. 19, 2020, until Jan.
18, 2021,” USCIS said.
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