 USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, has added the Czech Republic, Denmark, Madagascar, Portugal, and Sweden to the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs for the coming year.
The H-2A and H-2B Visa programs allow U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural and non-agricultural jobs, respectively. USCIS only approves H-2A and H-2B petitions for nationals of certain countries: those which Secretary of Homeland Security has designated as eligible to participate in the programs. USCIS may approve H-2A and H-2B petitions for nationals of countries not on the list if it is determined to be in the interest of the United States. Effective Jan. 18, 2015, nationals of the following 68 countries are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs: Argentina Fiji Moldova Slovenia Australia Grenada Montenegro Solomon Islands Austria Guatemala Nauru South Africa Barbados Haiti The Netherlands South Korea Belize Honduras Nicaragua Spain Brazil Hungary New Zealand Sweden Bulgaria Iceland Norway Switzerland Canada Ireland Panama Thailand Chile Israel Papua New Guinea Tonga Costa Rica Italy Peru Turkey Croatia Jamaica The Philippines Tuvalu Czech Republic Japan Poland Ukraine Denmark Kiribati Portugal United Kingdom Dominican Republic Latvia Romania Uruguay Ecuador Lithuania Samoa Vanuatu El Salvador Macedonia Serbia Estonia Madagascar Slovakia Ethiopia Mexico See the CIS Press Release here.
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AuthorElaine Martin has been practising US and global immigration law since 1997. She is an immigrant herself (from Ireland), so has a special understanding of the legal and emotional challenges involved in relocating to a new country. 
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