Congress renews H2-B visa extension.On September September: see month. 30, 2006, Congress passed a renewal of the H2-B visa extension that was originally passed in April 2005. This measure exempts workers from the fiscal year cap who have successfully used the H-2B visa program in the past and returned to their home country when their work visa expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. . As well, it continues the practice of allocating half of the total annual limit to the first half of the year and the remaining half to the latter. The annual fiscal year cap of 66,000 H-2B visas for seasonal and temporary workers was met on April 6th of this year and prevented employers from seeking H-2B visas for seasonal workers until October October: see month. 1, 2006. The original extension, which included the "returning worker" provisions, expired September 30, 2006, signifying Signifyin' (slang) is an African-American rhetorical device featuring indirect communication or persuasion and the creating of new meanings for old words and signs. Signifying, in this sense, includes repetition and difference, implication and association, combining words and the end of fiscal year 2006. More information about the H-2B work program is available at www.uscis.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. . For additional information on this legislation, please visit CMAA's Legislative & Regulatory Summary online at www.cmaa.org/legislat/summary/legislation.asp. |
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