Title 20

PART 655 SUBPART B

Subpart B - Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (H-2A Workers) Source:75 FR 6959, Feb. 12, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

• Section 655.0 issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) and (ii), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n), (p), and (t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and 1288(c) and (d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101-238, 103 Stat. 2099, 2102 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a), Pub. L. 101-649, 104 Stat. 4978, 5027 (8 U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(i); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806).
• Source: 42 FR 45899, Sept. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39	SUBJGRP 39	Prefiling Procedures
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.1	SECTION 655.100	655.100 Scope and purpose of subpart B.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.2	SECTION 655.101	655.101 Authority of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Administrator.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.3	SECTION 655.102	655.102 Special procedures.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.4	SECTION 655.103	655.103 Overview of this subpart and definition of terms.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.5	SECTION 655.120	655.120 Offered wage rate.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.6	SECTION 655.121	655.121 Job orders.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.39.7	SECTION 655.122	655.122 Contents of job offers.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40	SUBJGRP 40	Application for Temporary Employment Certification Filing Procedures
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.8	SECTION 655.130	655.130 Application filing requirements.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.9	SECTION 655.131	655.131 Association filing requirements.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.10	SECTION 655.132	655.132 H-2A labor contractor (H-2ALC) filing requirements.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.11	SECTION 655.133	655.133 Requirements for agents.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.12	SECTION 655.134	655.134 Emergency situations.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.40.13	SECTION 655.135	655.135 Assurances and obligations of H-2A employers.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41	SUBJGRP 41	Processing of Applications for Temporary Employment Certification
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.14	SECTION 655.140	655.140 Review of applications.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.15	SECTION 655.141	655.141 Notice of deficiency.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.16	SECTION 655.142	655.142 Submission of modified applications.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.17	SECTION 655.143	655.143 Notice of acceptance.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.18	SECTION 655.144	655.144 Electronic job registry.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.41.19	SECTION 655.145	655.145 Amendments to applications for temporary employment certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42	SUBJGRP 42	Post-Acceptance Requirements
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.20	SECTION 655.150	655.150 Interstate clearance of job order.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.21	SECTION 655.151-655.152	655.151-655.152 [Reserved]
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.22	SECTION 655.153	655.153 Contact with former U.S. employees.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.23	SECTION 655.154	655.154 Additional positive recruitment.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.24	SECTION 655.155	655.155 Referrals of U.S. workers.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.25	SECTION 655.156	655.156 Recruitment report.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.26	SECTION 655.157	655.157 Withholding of U.S. workers prohibited.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.42.27	SECTION 655.158	655.158 Duration of positive recruitment.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43	SUBJGRP 43	Labor Certification Determinations
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.28	SECTION 655.160	655.160 Determinations.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.29	SECTION 655.161	655.161 Criteria for certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.30	SECTION 655.162	655.162 Approved certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.31	SECTION 655.163	655.163 Certification fee.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.32	SECTION 655.164	655.164 Denied certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.33	SECTION 655.165	655.165 Partial certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.34	SECTION 655.166	655.166 Requests for determinations based on nonavailability of U.S. workers.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.43.35	SECTION 655.167	655.167 Document retention requirements.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44	SUBJGRP 44	Post Certification
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44.36	SECTION 655.170	655.170 Extensions.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44.37	SECTION 655.171	655.171 Appeals.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44.38	SECTION 655.172	655.172 Withdrawal of job order and application for temporary employment certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44.39	SECTION 655.173	655.173 Setting meal charges; petition for higher meal charges.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.44.40	SECTION 655.174	655.174 Public disclosure.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45	SUBJGRP 45	Integrity Measures
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.41	SECTION 655.180	655.180 Audit.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.42	SECTION 655.181	655.181 Revocation.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.43	SECTION 655.182	655.182 Debarment.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.44	SECTION 655.183	655.183 Less than substantial violations.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.45	SECTION 655.184	655.184 Applications involving fraud or willful misrepresentation.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.45.46	SECTION 655.185	655.185 Job service complaint system; enforcement of work contracts.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46	SUBJGRP 46	Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment in Range Sheep Herding, Goat Herding, and Production of Livestock Occupations
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.47	SECTION 655.200	655.200 Scope and purpose of herding and range livestock regulations.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.48	SECTION 655.201	655.201 Definition of herding and range livestock terms.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.49	SECTION 655.205	655.205 Herding and range livestock job orders.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.50	SECTION 655.210	655.210 Contents of herding and range livestock job orders.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.51	SECTION 655.211	655.211 Herding and range livestock wage rate.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.52	SECTION 655.215	655.215 Procedures for filing herding and range livestock applications for temporary employment certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.53	SECTION 655.220	655.220 Processing herding and range livestock applications for temporary employment certification.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.54	SECTION 655.225	655.225 Post-acceptance requirements for herding and range livestock.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.55	SECTION 655.230	655.230 Range housing.
20:3.0.2.1.28.2.46.56	SECTION 655.235	655.235 Standards for range housing.

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