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DOL/ETA | RIN: 1205-AB38 | Publication ID: Spring 2006 |
Title: Labor Condition Applications and Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Attestations Re H-1B1 Visas for Chile and Singapore(Section 610 Review) | |
Abstract: The Department of Labor has amended its regulations relating to the temporary employment of foreign professionals to implement procedural requirements applicable to a new visa category - the H-1B1 visa. Congress created the new visa category as part of its approval of the Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement and the Singapore-United States Free Trade Agreement. Under the implementing legislation, DOLs responsibilities regarding H-1B1 visas are to be implemented in a manner similar to the existing H-1B program for temporary employment in specialty occupations and as fashion models. Under the regulatory procedures established by the Interim Final Rule, employers in the United States seeking to temporarily employ foreign professionals in specialty occupations through H-1B1 visas must file a labor condition application with the Department of Labor making the same attestations regarding payment of prevailing wages, working conditions, absence of strikes or lockouts, and notice to other employees that employers currently make when seeking entry of a foreign worker under the H-1B program. This Final Rule addresses the comments submitted through the Interim Final Rule process and makes one technical amendment to be consistent with the Final Rule amending H-1B and H-1B1 at 70 FR 72556. | |
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
RFA Section 610 Review: Section 610 Review | |
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655 | |
Legal Authority: 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(1)(b1) and 1184 (g)(8)(A) PL 108-77 sec 402 PL 108-78 sec 402 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Related Agencies: Joint: DOL/ESA; | |
Agency Contact: John R. Beverly III Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration 200 Constittution Avenue NW., Room C-4312, FP Building , Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-3502 Email: beverly.john@dol.gov |