Business Utilization, S-40, Office of the Secretary, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366-1930; toll-free (800) 532- 1169. Small Private Business ATTESTATIONS BY EMPLOYERS USING NON-IMMIGRANT ALIENS IN SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS Current Year: Grants: $0,000 Loans: $0,000 Other: $31,300,000 Total: $31,300,000 OBJECTIVES: To provide greater protection for U.S. and foreign workers without interfering with an employer s right to obtain temporary aliens to work in specialty occupations. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: (a) Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans); (b) Small business (less than 500 employees); (c) Profit organization; (d) Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals); (e) Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization; (f) Other private institutions/organizations; APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Application Procedure: Employers contact the appropriate office of the Employment and Training Administration and aliens contact a U.S. Consul abroad of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the United States. Award Procedure: None. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From I to 7 days. Appeals: No procedure for appealing ETA s determination to accept or reject a Labor Condition Application. Complaints regarding misrepresentation in the attestation or
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