Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AC51 202004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Short-Term Non-Emergency Extension for E-Verify Employers in the H-2A Program

The Department of Homeland Security proposes to amend its regulations regarding short-term extensions for U.S. employers seeking temporary or seasonal agricultural nonimmigrant workers in the H-2A program to provide a short-term non-emergency extension of the H-2A petition validity period by up to 14 days to U.S. employers who are participants in good standing in E-Verify.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No Regulatory 8 CFR 214 Pub. L. 107-296, sec. 116 6 U.S.C. 112 8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1184(a)(1), and 1324a(h)(3)(B) No NPRM 08/00/2020 Yes Businesses Undetermined No No Yes No Paul Buono Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009