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Facilitating Earlier Filing of Certain Electronically Submitted H-2A Petitions
The Homeland Security Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 2, 2025. It took effect on October 2, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule amends DHS regulations to modify the timing of when USCIS must receive a valid temporary labor certification when an H-2A petitioner electronically files a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker requesting unnamed beneficiaries.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-19235
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department
- Published
- October 2, 2025
- Takes effect
- October 2, 2025
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on October 2, 2025.
- Docket
- CIS No. 2832-25; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0238
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1615-AD04
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 8 CFR 214
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Aliens; Cultural exchange programs; Employment; Foreign officials; Health professions; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Students
- Pages
- 6
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