Justification

JUSTIFICATION FOR NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO AN ALREADY APPROVED INFORMATION COLLECTION

OMB Control Number: 1205-0466

Title: H-2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification; An employer seeking temporary labor certification under the H-2A visa program must submit an application and all required supporting documentation to the Department's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) either electronically using the iCERT System (http://icert.doleta.gov) or by U.S. mail. In an effort to provide better customer service and ensure more complete H-2A applications are submitted for review, OFLC will release new enhancements to the iCERT System's application filing module that will help employers or, if applicable, their authorized attorneys or agents identify and upload required documentation supporting their applications. These new system enhancements provide easy-to-understand steps and instructions that customers will complete in order to submit more complete applications for processing. We believe this enhancement will serve to clarify regulatory filing requirements and improve the quality and consistency of H-2A applications received for processing. The Department is requesting a non-substantive change as we are not making any regulatory changes and the changes to the form do not contribute to any previously calculated burden changes. The changes being made by the Department are to the Form ETA-9142A and accompanying instructions.