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To assure that the admission of foreign workers into the United States will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages, and working conditions of U.S. workers. To ensure that adequate wages and working conditions are provided for foreign and U.S. workers. To assist U.S. employers seeking to hire temporary foreign workers when no able, willing, and qualified U.S. workers are available.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
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In FY 2016, the Department processed 647,852 H-1B LCA applications, 8,684 H-2A applications, 7,209 H-2B applications, and 133,242 Prevailing Wage Determination requests.
In FY 2017, the Department of Labor processed 97,603 PERM applications, 624,650 H-1B applications, 10,097 H-2A applications, 8,970 H-2B applications, and 173,859 Prevailing Wage determination requests.
675,548 labor certification and labor condition applications processed in FY 2018.
In FY 2019, the Department of Labor issued 690,607 determinations relating to applications for temporary labor certification.
In FY 2020, the Department of Labor adjudicated 14,063 applications for H-2A temporary agricultural labor certification, 9,401 applications for H-2B temporary non-agricultural labor certification, 6,957 applications for CW-1 temporary labor certification, 577,334 H-1B labor condition applications, and 20,968 prevailing wage determination requests relating to these programs.
In FY 2021, the Department of Labor received the following application levels for Temporary Labor Certification:
H-1B - 523, 447; H-2A - 16,546; H-2B - 9,964; CW-1 - 3,853
In FY 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued decisions on 19,088 applications in the H-2A temporary agricultural program, 14,401 applications in the H-2B temporary non-agricultural program, 626,084 in the H-1B specialty occupations program, and 2,492 in the CW-1 temporary program for the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. DOL received a record number of applications and issued a record number of determinations in the H-2A and H-2B programs.
The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following number of determinations in FY 2023:
H-2A Temporary Labor Certification Program (Seasonal Agricultural): 20,881; H-2B Temporary Labor Certification Program (Non-Agricultural): 15,502; H-1B Special (Professional) Workers: 543,573; CW-1 Nonimmigrant Visa Program: 4,308. The number of determinations issued in the H-2A and H-2B programs were record highs.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
