Code of Federal Regulations Title 20. Employees' Benefits § 20.655.215 Procedures for filing herding and range livestock applications for temporary employment certification

(1) The H–2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification and Form ETA–790 may be filed by an individual employer, association, or an H–2ALC, covering multiple areas of intended employment and more than two contiguous States.

(2) The period of need identified on the H–2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification and job order for range sheep or goat herding or production occupations must be no more than 364 calendar days. The period of need identified on the H–2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification and job order for range herding or production of cattle, horses, or other domestic hooved livestock, except sheep and goats, must be for no more than 10 months.

(3) An association of agricultural employers filing as a joint employer may submit a single Form ETA–790 and master H–2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification on behalf of its employer-members located in more than two contiguous States with different start dates of need. Unless modifications to a sheep or goat herding or production of livestock job order are required by the CO or requested by the employer, pursuant to § 655.121(e), the association is not required to re-submit the Form ETA–790 during the calendar year with its H–2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification.