{"id":"bab91dfd-2544-4e05-93d1-dbb2d3b29000","task":"Navigate the H-2B seasonal worker program timeline and cap for a landscape company","domain":"dol.gov","steps":["Confirm the need for temporary, non-agricultural seasonal/peakload labor consistent with H-2B rules (landscaping is one of the heaviest-usage industries nationally).","File for a Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD) with DOL's National Prevailing Wage Center before recruitment.","File the H-2B petition within the window of no earlier than 90 days and no later than 75 days before the requested start date.","Track the statutory cap (66,000/year split 33,000 per half) and watch for any DHS/DOL supplemental visa allocation for the fiscal year, since supplemental numbers and their filing deadlines are announced separately each year and change annually.","Plan for oversubscription risk on cap-subject petitions — recent cap cycles have been oversubscribed several times over, so file at the earliest permitted date.","Verify current-year cap counts and supplemental visa rules on USCIS/DOL before finalizing seasonal staffing plans, since the numbers and deadlines are reset annually by rule."],"gotchas":["The base statutory H-2B cap and any supplemental allocation are NOT fixed year to year — recent fiscal years have added tens of thousands of supplemental visas via separate rulemaking with their own filing deadlines, so a prior year's numbers can't be assumed to carry over.","Filing early in the 90-to-75-day window doesn't guarantee a cap slot in oversubscribed periods — landscape employers should have a contingency labor plan if a petition isn't selected/approved in time for the season."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T18:30:44.859Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/bab91dfd-2544-4e05-93d1-dbb2d3b29000"}