Amusement & Recreation Attendant – Traveling Carnival

Work description

Our family has been in the Carnival Business all our lives, providing entertainment, rides, games, and concessions on a seasonal basis. This company was established and incorporated in 2026. Congress has recognized the inherent seasonality of the mobile entertainment business as detailed in the Fair Labor Standards Act section 13(a)(3). The US DOL has also noted the unique nature of the mobile entertainment business and this application is being filed under the long-standing special procedures that the Department established and incorporated into the current regulatory framework for these mobile, multi-generational, seasonal, small family businesses. Our business has a seasonal need for these workers, recurring on a predictable annual basis. We are open for a specific season each year, are a traveling business, the work is evenings, weekends, and holidays, making it extremely difficult for us to locate workers ready, willing, and able to leave their homes & families to travel to each of our venues along our itinerary. We have been unable to hire sufficient available workers in the US to fill the posted positions with the show and have needed temporary seasonal workers to augment our US Workforce and to sustain our business. For the past several seasons, this need has been recurrent annually from October through July. We completely cease our mobile operations from August through September, and we do not have any permanent workers in this job category. We are a seasonal business, with a need for Temporary Foreign Workers that is seasonal, predictable, and recurrent annually. The number of workers required to operate our show is obviously dictated by the equipment (rides and concessions) that we operate at our various locations, the hours of operation, and the number of workers that are required to safely (for the workers themselves, their fellow workers and for the public) maintain and operate those concessions. These are the factors that I take into consideration as I calculate my need for workers so that I can accurately complete this application process, remain compliant with, and strive to protect the integrity of this vital H-2B non-immigrant foreign worker program. Our temporary need for Temporary Foreign Workers is seasonal, predictable, and recurrent annually. For the current fiscal year, we have calculated and are filing for 40 Amusement & Recreation Attendants, traveling carnival for the period December 5, 2026 through July 31, 2027. We were delayed in our filing process and have had to adjust our start date for the request for Temporary, Seasonal Foreign Workers to be within the perimeters of the H2b program. Our true start date will be October 1, 2026, and we will struggle to fulfill our sponsors obligations until we can become fully staffed. We have not applied for H-2B Certification in the past and have had an incredibly difficult time being able to staff our mobile rides and concessions. Due to inadequate staffing, the workers that we have been able to hire have had to endure the stress of working without adequate assistance and by hiring Temporary, Seasonal Foreign Workers to augment our US staff we hope to be able to provide better working conditions for all by being fully staffed. We engage in extensive recruiting in hopes of fulfilling our seasonal needs. This recruiting process includes social media, recruitment through industry contacts and relevant media, complying with established Department of Labor ETA Job Search Protocol, as well as help wanted signs at all our venues. We have a chronic need for employees that is not filled by US workers ready, willing, and able to travel with our mobile entertainment operation. We request that you review our application as a H-2B stakeholder in a traditional and obvious seasonal business and issue our Notice of Acceptance on an expedited basis.

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Last updated: October 7, 2026