H-2A / H-2B Seasonal

108 tracked rules affecting H-2A / H-2B Seasonal.

Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective January 30, 2026
Facilitating Earlier Filing of Certain Electronically Submitted H-2A Petitions — effective October 2, 2025
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States — effective October 2, 2025 — comments close December 1, 2025
Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States — comments close September 2, 2025
Adjudication of Temporary and Seasonal Need for Herding and Production of Livestock on the Range Applications Under the H-2A Program; Ratification of Department's Actions
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range in the United States; Ratification of Department's Actions
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States; Ratification of Department's Actions
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States; Ratification of Department's Actions
Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections — effective January 17, 2025
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2025 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective December 2, 2024
Employer-Provided Survey Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program — comments close January 17, 2025
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States; Ratification of Department's Actions
Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States — effective June 28, 2024
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2024 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers; Correction — effective November 20, 2023
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2024 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective November 17, 2023
Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections — comments close November 20, 2023
Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States — comments close November 14, 2023
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States — effective March 30, 2023
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2023 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers; Correction — effective December 21, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2023 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective December 15, 2022
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States — effective November 14, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for Second Half of FY 2022 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers; Correction — effective May 18, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for Second Half of FY 2022 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers; Correction — effective May 18, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for Second Half of FY 2022 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective May 18, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2022 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2022 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective January 28, 2022
Adjudication of Temporary and Seasonal Need for Herding and Production of Livestock on the Range Applications Under the H-2A Program — effective January 18, 2022
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States — comments close January 31, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective May 25, 2021
Adjudication of Temporary and Seasonal Need for Herding and Production of Livestock on the Range Applications Under the H-2A Program — comments close June 7, 2021
Discretionary Review by the Secretary of Labor — comments close January 19, 2021
Discretionary Review by the Secretary of Labor — effective February 3, 2021 — comments close January 19, 2021
Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants due to the COVID-19 National Emergency: Extension of Certain Flexibilities — effective December 18, 2020
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States — effective December 21, 2020
Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities — effective August 19, 2020
Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency — effective May 14, 2020
Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency — effective April 20, 2020
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2B Foreign Workers in the United States — effective December 16, 2019
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the United States — effective October 21, 2019
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States — comments close September 24, 2019
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2019 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective May 8, 2019 — comments close July 8, 2019
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2B Foreign Workers in the United States; Extension of Comment Period — comments close December 28, 2018
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the United States; Extension of Comment Period — comments close December 28, 2018
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2B Foreign Workers in the United States — comments close December 10, 2018
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the United States — comments close December 10, 2018
Elimination of Nonimmigrant Visa Exemption for Certain Caribbean Residents Coming to the United States as H-2A Agricultural Workers — effective August 6, 2018
Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended — effective August 6, 2018
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2018 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective May 31, 2018
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2017 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective July 19, 2017
Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for the H-2B Temporary Non-agricultural Worker Program — effective March 17, 2017
Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments for the H-2B Temporary Non-agricultural Worker Program — effective August 1, 2016 — comments close August 15, 2016
Elimination of Nonimmigrant Visa Exemption for Certain Caribbean Residents Coming to the United States as H-2A Agricultural Workers — effective February 19, 2016
Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended — effective February 19, 2016 — comments close April 4, 2016
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range in the United States — effective November 16, 2015
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Open Range in the United States; Extension of Comment Period — comments close June 1, 2015
Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States — effective April 29, 2015 — comments close June 29, 2015
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program — effective April 29, 2015
Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Open Range in the United States — comments close May 15, 2015
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program
Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A Agricultural Employment — effective November 20, 2013
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date — effective January 1, 2012
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Proposed Delay of Effective Date — comments close August 9, 2013
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program, Part 2 — effective April 24, 2013 — comments close June 10, 2013
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date — effective January 1, 2012
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date — effective January 19, 2011
Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States — effective May 16, 2012
Changes to the Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States; Revisions to Transition Period — effective April 23, 2012
Changes to the Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States; Transition Period — effective March 20, 2012
Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of Aliens in Agriculture in the United States; Announcement of Non-Material Change to the Farm Labor Survey Used for Determining the Adverse Effect Wage Rate — effective March 2, 2012
Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States — effective April 23, 2012
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date; Impact on Prevailing Wage Determinations — effective December 30, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date — effective January 19, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date — effective August 1, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Delay of Effective Date; Impact on Prevailing Wage Determinations — effective November 29, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Postponement of Effective Date; Impact on Prevailing Wage Determinations — effective September 30, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Postponement of Effective Date — effective August 1, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Amendment of Effective Date — effective January 19, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Amendment of Effective Date — comments close July 8, 2011
Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States — comments close May 17, 2011
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program — effective January 1, 2012 — comments close March 21, 2011

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