{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006","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: Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 82291 (Dec. 18, 2020)","title":"Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-12-18","effective":"2020-12-18","end":"2023-12-18","startDate":"2020-12-18","endDate":"2023-12-18","quarters":["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 upcoming winter and spring agricultural seasons caused by the global novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the Department of Homeland Security... [ensures that] employers have access to the orderly and timely flow of legal foreign workers, thereby protecting the integrity of the nation\u0027s food supply chain... DATES: This final rule is effective from December 18, 2020, through December 18, 2023. Employers may request the flexibilities under this rule by filing an H-2A petition on or after December 18, 2020...","enforcement":"8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21) conditions; INA 274A","functions":["LB seasonal agricultural labor through 2021","HR hiring and start dates","FP production"],"notes":"In force on every day of 2021 Q1-Q3; the federal government\u0027s own finding that the COVID-19 disruption of the agricultural labor supply continued into 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/fr/85/82291?link-type=pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":292243,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006","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: Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 82291 (Dec. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-049"]}