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  • 2024-30925 — Report on the Selection of Eligible Countries for Fiscal Year 2025
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 105635
    Reading Time:about 9 minutes

    The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) issued a report identifying countries eligible for economic assistance through compacts for Fiscal Year 2025. Liberia was newly selected, while Cabo Verde, Senegal, and The Gambia were re-selected to continue compact development. The Philippines and Tanzania were chosen to keep developing threshold programs. The criteria for selection included governance and economic performance, with a focus on reducing poverty through economic growth.

    Simple Explanation

    The Millennium Challenge Corporation picked some countries, like Liberia and Senegal, to give them money to help them grow and become better places to live. They chose these countries because they are working hard to have good rules and want to help their people.

  • 2021-00671 — Identification of Foreign Countries Whose Nationals Are Eligible To Participate in the H-2A and H-2B Nonimmigrant Worker Programs
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 2689
    Reading Time:about 14 minutes

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the Secretary of State's agreement, has listed 81 countries whose nationals can participate in the H-2A visa program and 80 countries for the H-2B visa program for the coming year. Overstay rates, cooperation with the U.S. on immigration matters, and compliance with visa rules are key factors for these designations. Mongolia, Samoa, and Tonga have been removed from eligibility due to non-compliance issues, while the Philippines has been added to the H-2B list to address labor shortages for U.S. military projects in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. These designations are effective from January 19, 2021, to January 18, 2022.

    Simple Explanation

    The U.S. Government decides which countries people can come from to work in the U.S. for a short time; this year, people from 81 countries can come to work on farms, and people from 80 countries can come to work in other jobs. Some countries were removed from the list because they didn't follow the rules, but the Philippines was added because there is a need for workers in certain places.