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Original Date Announced
July 1, 2019DOL's Wage & Hour Division issues Addendum 2 to Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2011-1, curtailing its own authority and discretion to certify U and T visas and outsourcing determinations of law and fact to criminal law enforcement agencies. [ID #1322]
2019.07.01 FIELD ASSISTANCE BULLETIN No. 2011-1 Addendum 2 MEMORANDUM FOR: Regional Administrators District Directors FROM: Cheryl M. Stanton Administrator SUBJECT: Certification of Supplement B Forms of U Nonimmigrant and T Nonimmigrant Visa ApplicationsEffective Date
July 1, 2019Biden Administration Action: Revoked/Replaced
February 5, 20212021.02.05 [No Title: Footnote on U / T Visa Certification Website]
This Biden administration policy revokes in its entirety the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.
On February 5, 2021, DOL removed Addendum 2 and noted that it would revert to the original Bulletin and Addendum 1, thus returning to DOL its original discretion in adjudication U and T visa certifications.
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Not in effectMost Recent Action
February 5, 2021 Action: Revoked/Replaced 2021.02.05 [No Title: Footnote on U / T Visa Certification Website]February 5, 2021Acted on by Biden Administration
Original Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: U/T/VAWAAgencies Affected: DOLPre Trump-Era Policies
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April 28, 2011
Original Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2011-1.
2011-04-28 FIELD ASSISTANCE BULLETIN NO. 2011-1 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS DISTRICT DIRECTORS FROM: NANCY J. LEPPINK ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SUBJECT: CERTIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENT B FORMS OF U NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATIONS -
April 2, 2015
Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2011-1, Addendum 1.
2015-04-02 Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2011-1 Addendum
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U and T Visa Certifications