DOL Announces Lottery for H-2B Processing
The DOL's labor certification processing is currently conducted on a first come, first served basis—timed down to the millisecond—and coupled with the limited number of visas available, that process created an incentive for employers to file their applications as early as possible. But that experiment, begun in 2018, led to the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification's electronic filing system crashing Jan. 1 due to "unprecedented demand."
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