Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements
OFLC Announces New Features to the FLAG System for H-2A and LCA Programs
10/4/19
AILA Doc. No. 19100430.
Business Immigration, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation, H-2A Agricultural Worker
OFLC Announces Customer Enhancements to the FLAG System for H-2A and LCA Programs
On October 1, 2019, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), in collaboration with the Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer, released the following enhancements and new features in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System for preparing and submitting applications in the H-2A and LCA (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) programs:
Customers will be able to take certain actions on H-2A applications while under review by OFLC
- Form ETA-790/790A (H-2A Agricultural Clearance Order)
- Withdraw a pending application in the "In Process" status
- Withdraw a pending application in the "NOD Issued" status
- Withdraw an application in the "Denied" status
- Withdraw an application in the "Approved" status
- Form ETA-9142A (H-2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification)
- Withdraw a pending application in the "In Process" status
- Withdraw a pending application in the "NOD Issued" status
- Withdraw a pending application in the "Accepted - Pending Recruitment" status
- Upload a recruitment report document where the pending application is in the "Accepted - Pending Recruitment" status
- Upload a Notice of Deficiency (NOD) response document where the pending application in the "NOD Issued" status
- Upload a Notice of Required Modification (NRM) response document where the pending application in the "NRM Issued" status
Customers will be able to use a wage calculator tool to assist in auto-calculating prevailing wages based on the Occupational Employment Statistics Wage Survey Program during the preparation of the Form ETA-9035 for LCA programs.