DOL Releases Information on H-2B Filing Timeline for Peak Filing Season
July 6, 2021
July 6, 2021. OFLC Announces Number of H-2B Applications Filed in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System During the Three-day Filing Window of the Peak Filing Season
During the three-day filing window (July 3-5, 2021) of the H-2B peak filing season, employers filed 873 applications in the FLAG System requesting more than 21,116 worker positions with an October 1, 2021, work start date.
On July 6, 2021, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) plans to randomly order all applications requesting a work start date of October 1, 2021, that were submitted during the three-day filing window. OFLC will use the randomization procedures published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019, to randomize the applications for assignment to analysts for review and processing.
June 23, 2021
DOL’s OFLC reminds employers and other interested stakeholders that the three-day filing window to submit an H-2B application requesting a work start date of October 1, 2021, will open on July 3, 2021, at 12:00 am (ET) and close on July 5, 2021 at 11:59 pm (ET).
DOL noted on its website:
June 23, 2021. H-2B Application Filing Timelines for 2021 Peak Filing Season
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) reminds employers and other interested stakeholders that the three-day filing window to submit an H-2B Application for Temporary Employment Certification (Form ETA-9142B and appendices) requesting a work start date of October 1, 2021, will open on July 3, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and close on July 5, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. This three-day period is the earliest an employer may file an application for an October 1, 2021, work start date, which is the first day of the semi-annual visa allotment for the first half of Fiscal Year 2022. Employers seeking start dates of October 2, 2021, or later must comply with the timeliness requirements at 20 CFR 655.15(b).
In accordance with regulatory requirements and OFLC’s standard operating procedures, H-2B applications requesting an October 1, 2021, work start date will be denied if they are filed before July 3, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
OFLC will randomly order for assignment to analysts for review and processing all H-2B applications requesting a work start date of October 1, 2021, that are filed during the three-day filing window (July 3-5, 2021) using the randomization procedures published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2019.