Part 656 — Labor Certification Process for Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States
Current through Sep 9, 2026
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A), 1182(p)(1); sec.122, Public Law 101-649, 109 Stat. 4978; and Title IV, Public Law 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681.
Source: 69 FR 77386, Dec. 27, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 656.1 Purpose and scope of part 656.
- § 656.2 Description of the Immigration and Nationality Act and of the Department of Labor's role thereunder.
- § 656.3 Definitions, for purposes of this part, of terms used in this part.
- § 656.5 Schedule A.
- § 656.10 General instructions.
- § 656.11 Substitutions and modifications to applications.
- § 656.12 Improper commerce and payment.
- § 656.15 Applications for labor certification for Schedule A occupations.
- § 656.16 Labor certification applications for sheepherders.
- § 656.17 Basic labor certification process.
- § 656.18 Optional special recruitment and documentation procedures for college and university teachers.
- § 656.19 Live-in household domestic service workers.
- § 656.20 Audit procedures.
- § 656.21 Supervised recruitment.
- § 656.24 Labor certification determinations.
- § 656.26 Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals review of denials of labor certification.
- § 656.27 Consideration by and decisions of the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals.
- § 656.30 Validity of and invalidation of labor certifications.
- § 656.31 Labor certification applications involving fraud, willful misrepresentation, or violations of this part.
- § 656.32 Revocation of approved labor certifications.
- § 656.40 Determination of prevailing wage for labor certification purposes.
- § 656.41 Review of prevailing wage determinations.