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Facilitating Earlier Filing of Certain Electronically Submitted H-2A Petitions

Agency: Homeland Security Department

Document #: 2025-19235

Published: October 2, 2025

Effective: October 2, 2025

Docket: CIS No. 2832-25

Who this affects

  • U.S. employers filing H-1B petitions

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Summary

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.

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