ETA Unified Agenda Entries

Issued December 3, 2001.

LABOR CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES; REFILING OF APPLICATIONS [Completed Actions]

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 8 USC 1182(a)(5)(A)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 656

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the regulations relating to the 
permanent employment of aliens in the United States. The proposed 
amendments would permit employers to request that any labor 
certification application for permanent employment filed prior to a 
certain date and which has not been sent to the regional certifying 
officer to be processed as a reduction in recruitment request, provided 
recruitment has not been conducted pursuant to the permanent labor 
certification regulations. ETA anticipates that proposed amendment 
would reduce the backlog of labor certification application for 
permanent employment in State Employment Security Agencies.
This measure to reduce backlogs would result in a variety of desirable 
benefits, including a reduction in government resources necessary to 
process applications for alien employment certification a reduction in 
processing time for both new application and those applications 
currently in the queue, and would facilitate the development and 
implementation of a new, more efficient system for processing labor 
certification applications for permanent employment in the United 
States.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/26/00                    65 FR 46082
NPRM Comment Period End         08/25/00
Final Action                    08/03/01                    66 FR 40584
Final Action Effective          09/04/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dale Ziegler, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor 
Certification, Department of Labor, Employment and Training 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C4318, FP Building, 
Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2942
Fax: 202 693-2760
Email: dziegler@doleta.gov

RIN: 1205-AB25

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