OFLC Announces 60-Day Comment Period on Proposed Revisions to H-2A Certification Program
Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted the following announcement:
September 10, 2025. Office of Foreign Labor Certification Announces 60-Day Public Comment Period on Proposed Revisions to H-2A Temporary Agricultural Labor Certification Program (OMB 1205-0466)
On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published a Federal Register notice (FRN), which proposes to revise the application forms, instructions, appendices, and other information associated with the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program as covered under OMB control number 1205-0466 (OMB 1205-0466).
The proposed revisions to the information collection requirements for OMB 1205-0466 support the changes that ETA and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) proposed through its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (Jul. 2, 2025). Through this NPRM, ETA and WHD proposed to amend their regulations governing the certification of agricultural labor or services performed by temporary foreign workers in H-2A nonimmigrant status by substantially rescinding the H-2A provisions contained within the final rule published by the Department on April 29, 2024. ETA is proposing to continue using the forms in effect as of June 27, 2024, with the addition of “some of the assurances” approved by OMB on July 11, 2024.
Written comments must be submitted in accordance with the instructions provided in the FRN. The deadline to submit comments is Monday, November 10, 2025.
- View the NPRM, Rescission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
- View the Federal Register notice
- View the Forms page to see the proposed revised H-2A forms, instructions, and appendices (as shown at the top of the Forms page, listing the Form ETA-750/750A and Addenda and the Form ETA-9142A and Appendices, as were in effect on June 27, 2024)