The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 8 U.S.C. 1103(a), 1184
- Issued
- 2020-08-20 Aug. 20, 2020
- 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- 2023-08-19 (flexibilities requestable for petitions filed on or after Aug. 19, 2020 within the stated window; superseded by Ex. 006) (read as 2023-08-19)
- In force
- Aug. 19, 2020 to Aug. 19, 2023
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain
- Addressees
- H-2A petitioners
- H-2A workers in the United States
- Functions reached
- LB seasonal agricultural labor
- HR hiring and start dates
- FP harvest staffing
- Collection
- Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION
Operative words
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
Notes
Recites 'continued disruptions and uncertainty' in the third quarter of 2020 as the predicate for extending the relief.
Retrieval noteFR Doc. 2020-18283. Page 51304 opens with the tail of a DOL guidance-procedures rule; the DHS rule begins mid-page.