Labor Condition Applications and Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H-1B Visas in Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models; Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States

This document contains interim final regulations implementing recent legislation and clarifying existing Departmental rules relating to the temporary employment in the United States of nonimmigrants under H-1B visas. On January 5, 1999, the Department published a notice of proposed rulemaking (64 FR 628) seeking public comment on issues to be addressed in regulations to implement changes made to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA). In particular, the ACWIA requires H- 1B-dependent employers and willful violators to comply with certain additional attestations regarding anti-displacement and recruitment obligations. The Department also sought further comment on certain proposals which were previously published for comment as a Proposed Rule on October 31, 1995 (60 FR 55339), and on certain interpretations of the statutes and its existing regulations which the Department proposed to incorporate in the regulations.