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DHS/USCIS | RIN: 1615-AC51 | Publication ID: Fall 2020 |
Title: Short-Term Extension for E-Verify Employers in the H-2A Program | |
Abstract:
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 extension of the H-2A petition validity period by up to 2 weeks (14 days) to petitioning employers who are participants in good standing in E-Verify. The E-Verify petitioner may request the short-term extension at the time of the initial H-2A petition, or the petitioner may file a new H-2A petition to request the short-term extension. This proposal would allow H-2A workers to continue their H-2A employment for the same petitioner and under the same terms and conditions as the valid temporary labor certification and the H-2A petition without the requirement to obtain a new temporary labor certification from the Department of Labor. |
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Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: Undetermined | Unfunded Mandates: No |
EO 13771 Designation: Other | |
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 214 | |
Legal Authority: 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) |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: Undetermined |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes | |
Agency Contact: Charles Nimick Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs, MD 20588-0009 Phone:240 721-3000 |