Alien
Labor Certification
Each year Iowa Workforce Development processes nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for people living in all corners of the world. The occupations in which they work are as varied as Iowa’s businesses & industries.
Iowa Workforce Development
processed 330 permanent employment authorizations during fiscal
year 2003. Many employers choose to “sponsor” a foreign national for a variety of reasons including the technical skills, labor availability, and work ethics.
Prevailing
Wage Request Form
(for Alien Labor Certification)
Employers may use the Alien
Labor Certification Program to hire foreign workers on a temporary
or permanent basis. Federal regulations require the employer to
pay the Prevailing Wage Rate or the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for
agricultural workers on a H2A Visa. The current (AEWR) was
published in the
Federal
Register, Volume 68, No. 38, page 8929.
Prevailing
wage determinations for aliens working in Iowa are made by the
Labor Market Information Bureau.
Link Resources:
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/
http://www.aila.org/
http://www.state.gov/secretary/
http://uscis.gov
