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Temporary Final Rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843

Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency

DHS, USCIS · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
INA secs. 103(a), 214(a), 214(c); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)
Issued
2020-05-14 May 14, 2020
Effective
2020-05-14 through 2023-05-15; petitions to Sept. 11, 2020 (read as 2020-05-14)
End
filing window closed 2020-09-11 (read as 2020-09-11)
In force
May 14, 2020 to Sept. 11, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • H-2B employers and workers essential to the food supply chain
Functions reached
  • LB seafood, crab, crawfish and meat-processing H-2B labor
  • PK
Collection
Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20

Operative words

The Department is temporarily removing certain limitations on employers or U.S. agents seeking to hire certain H-2B workers already in the United States to provide temporary labor or services essential to the U.S. food supply chain, and certain H-2B workers, who are essential to the U.S. food supply chain, seeking to extend their stay.

Enforcement

Regulatory

Notes

Pairs with Proclamation 10052's food-supply-chain exception.

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