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AILA - 2000 - 1994
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DOL Publishes H-1B Regulations (Part 3 of 3) (12/20/2000)The DOL's long-delayed H-1B regulations implementing ACWIA are published in interim final form. They take effect on 1/19/00, except for prevailing wage provisions that are effective immediately. Comments on the rule are due 2/20/01 and comments on the new LCA form are due 1/19/01.(65 FR 80109, 12/20/00)(Part 3 of 3)AILA Doc. No. 00122094.DOL Publishes H-1B Regulations (Part 2 of 3) (12/20/2000)The DOL's long-delayed H-1B regulations implementing ACWIA are published in interim final form. They take effect on 1/19/00, except for prevailing wage provisions that are effective immediately. Comments on the rule are due 2/20/01 and comments on the new LCA form are due 1/19/01.(65 FR 80109, 12/20/00)(Part 2 of 3).AILA Doc. No. 00122093.DOL Publishes H-1B Regulations (Part 1 of 3) (12/20/2000)The DOL's long-delayed H-1B regulations implementing ACWIA are published in interim final form. They take effect on 1/19/00, except for prevailing wage provisions that are effective immediately. Comments on the rule are due 2/20/01 and comments on the new LCA form are due 1/19/01.(65 FR 80109, 12/20/00)(Part 1 of 3).AILA Doc. No. 00122001.DOL Notice of Intent to Revise Labor Certification Program (8/25/2000)DOL announces that it is developing plans to change the permanent labor certification program to a system of pre-filing recruitment (similar to RIR), automated review (similar to LCA faxback), and targetted and random audits of applications. 65 FR 51777 (8/25/00)AILA Doc. No. 00082501.DOL Issues H-1C Nurses Regulation (8/22/2000)DOL has issued interim final regulations, with opportunity for comment, regarding the filing and enforcement of attestations by facilities seeking to employ H-1C nurses. Comments due 9/21/00. (65 FR 51137, 8/22/00)AILA Doc. No. 00082201.DOL Conversion Regulation (7/26/2000)DOL proposed regulation would allow employers to request that certain previously-filed labor certification applications be processed as reductions in recruitment. Comments due 8/25/00. (65 FR 46081, 7/26/00).AILA Doc. No. 00072601.New Fee Structure Proposed for H-2As (7/14/2000)DOL proposes a 3-tier fee for H-2A certifications, based on the number of workers sought and ranging from $150 to $1,000 per certification. The standard I-129 filing fee also would apply. Fees would be refunded if the petition is denied. (65 FR 43545, 7/13/00).AILA Doc. No. 00071302.DOL Takes on H-2A Authority (7/14/2000)Under a DOL regulation effective 11/13/00, DOL will have the authority to adjudicate and revoke H-2A petitions, which are to be filed on a single form that consolidates the I-129 and ETA 750 for these purposes. (65 FR 43538, 7/13/00).AILA Doc. No. 00071301.DOL Issues Notice for Year 2000 AEWR (2/4/2000)DOL’s Office of Workforce Security has announced the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) for 2000 for employers seeking nonimmigrant alien workers for temporary or seasonal, agricultural labor and services. The AEWR is in effect starting February 4, 2000. (65 FR 5696, 2/4/00)AILA Doc. No. 00020401.DOL Publishes Latest Rule on H-1B Workers (2/5/1999)On January 5, 1999, the Department of Labor published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update its regulations for administration of the H-1B visa program, following enactment last year of the new H-1B law, the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA).AILA Doc. No. 9tb05d.DOL Final Rule on H-2A Workers (6/29/1999)Effective 7-29-99, this rule reduces the time in advance that an H-2A must be filed from 60 to 45 days, allows housing to be inspected as late as 20 days before the date of need, and modifies the notification requirement for when H-2As depart for the employers place of business.AILA Doc. No. 99062940.DOL GAL 1-97 Comment Request (5/4/1999)DOL ETA is publishing for public comment General Administrative Letter (GAL) No. 1-97, Change 1, Subject: Measures for Increasing Efficiency in the Permanent Labor Certification Process, which it issued as a result of the settlement agreement reached in Lauretta V. Herman. GAL 1-97 was originally issued on October 1, 1996. Comments must be received by July 6, 1999.Labor Certification for H-2A Workers (10/2/1998)The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor proposes to amend its regulations relating to the temporary employment of nonimmigrant agricultural workers (H-2A workers) in the United States.Unemployment Compensation (4/20/1998)DOL ETA Determination of eligibility for unemployment compensation. This means an alien must be legally authorized to work at the time UC is claimed to meet available for work requirements.Labor Certification - Univeristy/Research Center (3/20/1998)DOL Final Rule on the way prevailing
wage determinations are made for researchers employed by colleges and universities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) operated by colleges and universities, and Federal research
agencies.DOL Streamlines Regulations (9/30/1996)The Department of Labor is removing duplicative immigration regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. These regulations will continue to appear in the Employment and Training Administration's regulations.Labor Certification Process (4/26/1996)Labor Certification Process for the Permanent Employment of Aliens; Researchers Employed by Colleges and Universities [Corrections] [04/26/96]DOL Rule on Off-Campus Work Auth for F-1s (11/29/1995)The DOL amends regulations relating to attestations byemployers seeking to use nonimmigrant foreign (F-1) students in
off-campus work.DOL Final Rule on Seasonal Agric Workers (11/7/1995)The Department of Labor is issuing a final rule to removethe regulations found at 29 CFR parts 502 and 503, which were promulgated under Sec. 210A of the INA, as mended by IRCA. These regulations implement requirements of a special program for nonimmigrants in seasonal agricultural services which ended with fiscal year 1992, or September 30, 1992.DOL Notice of Enforcement on H-1B Regs (10/2/1995)The ETA and the ESA of the DOL are announcing anenforcement policy regarding a provision of the regulations
governing the enforcement of labor condition applications filed by employers seeking to employ foreign workers in specialty
occupations and as fashion models of distinguished merit and ability under the H-1B nonimmigrant visa classification.DOL Interim Final Rule on F-1 Attestations (9/27/1995)The DOL amends regulations relating to attestations by employers seeking to use nonimmigrant foreign (F-1) students in off-campus work.Employer Attest. for F-1 Non-Immig Extended (8/1/1995)The DOL amends regulations relating to attestations byemployers seeking to use nonimmigrant foreign (F-1) students in off-campus work. DOL continues to review comments submitted by the public on the interim final rule and expects to publish a final rule shortly.DOL Requests Comments on Permanent Labor Certification Program (7/26/1995)The ETA is in the process of reengineering the permanentalien labor certification process. ETA's goals are to makeNurse Attestations (7/24/1995)DOL Employment and Training Administration Notice on Attestations Filed by Facilities Using Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered Nurses.Correction on Migrant/Seasonal Agricultural Workers Reg. (3/23/1995)Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Regulations CFR CorrectionDOL Issues Notice on H-2B Procedures (2/9/1995)DOL Notice issued in Federal Register on February 7,1995. AILA Doc. No. 95020730.AILA Doc. No. 95020730.DOL Issues Interim Final Rule on F-1 Pilot Prog (12/15/1994)On December 15, 1994 the interim final rule on ForeignStudents Attestations by Employers for Off-Campus Work
Authorization was published in the Federal Register.New LCA Regs Released, Effective January 1995 (12/4/1994)Elissa McGovern prepared the following summary andhighlights of the new LCA regulations for H1B visas, to be
published in final form on December 20, 1994.DOL's Final Rule on LCAs for H1Bs (12/19/1994)On December 19, 1994 in the Federal Register, the ETA and the ESA of the Department of Labor issued regulations governing the filing and enforcement of labor condition applications filed by employers seeking to employ foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant visa classification.