Code of Federal Regulations > Title 20 > Chapter V > Part 655 > Subpart B - Subpart B—Labor Certification Process for Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (H-2A Workers)

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Sep 16, 2025

§ 655.100 - Purpose and scope of this subpart.

§ 655.101 - Authority of the agencies, offices, and divisions in the Department of Labor.

§ 655.102 - Transition procedures.

§ 655.103 - Overview of this subpart and definition of terms.

§ 655.104 - Successors in interest.

§ 655.120 - Offered wage rate.

§ 655.121 - Job order filing requirements.

§ 655.122 - Contents of job offers.

§ 655.123 - [Reserved]

§ 655.124 - Withdrawal of a job order.

§ 655.130 - Application filing requirements.

§ 655.131 - Agricultural association and joint employer filing requirements.

§ 655.132 - H-2A labor contractor filing requirements.

§ 655.133 - Requirements for agents.

§ 655.134 - Emergency situations.

§ 655.135 - Assurances and obligations of H-2A employers.

§ 655.136 - Withdrawal of an Application for Temporary Employment Certification and job order.

§ 655.137 - Disclosure of foreign worker recruitment.

§ 655.140 - Review of applications.

§ 655.141 - Notice of deficiency.

§ 655.142 - Submission of modified applications.

§ 655.143 - Notice of acceptance.

§ 655.144 - Electronic job registry.

§ 655.145 - Pre-determination amendments to applications for temporary employment certification.

§ 655.150 - Interstate clearance of job order.

§§ 655.151-655.152 - §[Reserved]

§ 655.153 - Contact with former U.S. workers.

§ 655.154 - Additional positive recruitment.

§ 655.155 - Referrals of U.S. workers.

§ 655.156 - Recruitment report.

§ 655.157 - Withholding of U.S. workers prohibited.

§ 655.158 - Duration of positive recruitment.

§ 655.160 - Determinations.

§ 655.161 - Criteria for certification.

§ 655.162 - Approved certification.

§ 655.163 - Certification fee.

§ 655.164 - Denied certification.

§ 655.165 - Partial certification.

§ 655.166 - Requests for determinations based on nonavailability of U.S. workers.

§ 655.167 - Document retention requirements of H-2A employers.

§ 655.170 - Extensions.

§ 655.171 - Appeals.

§ 655.172 - Post-certification withdrawals.

§ 655.173 - Setting meal charges; petition for higher meal charges.

§ 655.174 - Public disclosure.

§ 655.175 - Post-certification changes to applications for temporary employment certification.

§ 655.180 - Audit.

§ 655.181 - Revocation.

§ 655.182 - Debarment.

§ 655.183 - Less than substantial violations.

§ 655.184 - Applications involving fraud or willful misrepresentation.

§ 655.185 - Job service complaint system; enforcement of work contracts.

§ 655.190 - Severability.

§ 655.200 - Scope and purpose of herding and range livestock regulations in this section and §through 655.235.

§ 655.201 - Definition of herding and range livestock terms.

§ 655.205 - Herding and range livestock job orders.

§ 655.210 - Contents of herding and range livestock job orders.

§ 655.211 - Herding and range livestock wage rate.

§ 655.215 - Procedures for filing herding and range livestock Applications for Temporary Employment Certification.

§ 655.220 - Processing herding and range livestock Applications for Temporary Employment Certification.

§ 655.225 - Post-acceptance requirements for herding and range livestock.

§ 655.230 - Range housing.

§ 655.235 - Standards for range housing.

§ 655.300 - Scope and purpose.

§ 655.301 - Definition of terms.

§ 655.302 - Contents of job orders.

§ 655.303 - Procedures for filing Applications for Temporary Employment Certification.

§ 655.304 - Standards for mobile housing.