LABOR CERTIFICATION FOR ALIEN WORKERS Current Year: Grants: $0,000 Loans: $0,000 Other: $3l,300,000 Total: 31,300,000 OBJECTIVES: To protect jobs of American workers and assure that the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers will not be adversely affected by the admission of nonagricultural workers. To assist employers by supplementing the work force with needed skills. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: (a) Other public institution/organization; (b) Individual/Family; (c) Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals); (d) Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization; (e) Other private institutions/organizations; APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Application Procedure: Employers contact the appropriate local office of the State employment security system, and aliens contact a U.S. Consul abroad or the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the United States. Award Procedure: None. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 6 months to 2 years. Appeals: Review of denials for permanent alien workers may be made to the Department of Labor s Office of Administrative Law Judges. Denials of temporary nonagricultural workers are appealed to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Renewals: Not applicable. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Contact the local office of the State employment service and Employment and Training Administration
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