# Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program
> **Wage and Hour Division** · Temporary rule. · Published 2026-02-03 · Effective 2026-01-30 · 91 FR 5040
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-02131
- **Category:** wage-hour
- **Sub-agency:** Wage and Hour Division
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 5040
- **CFR reference:** 8 CFR 214
- **Publication date:** 2026-02-03
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-30
- **DOL docket:** CIS No. 2854-26
## Abstract

The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, is exercising time-limited Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 authority to issue up to, but not more than, an additional 64,716 visas for the fiscal year. All of these supplemental visas will be available only to those American businesses that are suffering or will suffer impending irreparable harm, i.e., those facing permanent and severe financial loss, as attested by the employer. These supplemental visas will be distributed in three allocations based on the petitioner's start date of need through the end of the fiscal year.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/03/2026-02131/exercise-of-time-limited-authority-to-increase-the-fiscal-year-2026-numerical-limitation-for-the)
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