{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS","authority":"8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1184","instrument":"Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020)","title":"Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities","dateIssued":"2020-08-20","effective":"2020-08-19","end":"2023-08-19 (flexibilities requestable for petitions filed on or after Aug. 19, 2020 within the stated window; superseded by Ex. 006)","startDate":"2020-08-19","endDate":"2023-08-19","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["TRAV","SUPPLY","EMP"],"addressees":["H-2A petitioners","H-2A workers in the United States"],"clause":"SUMMARY: As a result of continued disruptions and uncertainty to the U.S. food agriculture sector during the summer and upcoming fall agricultural season caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security... is extending certain of the temporary changes... DATES: This final rule is effective from August 19, 2020, through August 19, 2023. Employers may request the flexibilities under this rule by filing an H-2A petition on or after August 19, 2020 and...","enforcement":"8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21) conditions; INA 274A","functions":["LB seasonal agricultural labor","HR hiring and start dates","FP harvest staffing"],"notes":"Recites \u0027continued disruptions and uncertainty\u0027 in the third quarter of 2020 as the predicate for extending the relief.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/fr/85/51304?link-type=pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":276665,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005","citation":"Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049"]}