[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR655.208]

[Page 516-517]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 655_TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES--Table 
of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-
                       2A Agricultural Employment
 
Sec. 655.208  Temporary labor certification applications involving fraud 
or willful misrepresentation.

    (a) If possible fraud or willful misrepresentation involving a 
temporary labor certification application is discovered prior to a final 
temporary labor certification determination, or if it is learned that 
the employer or agent (with respect to an application) is the subject of 
a criminal indictment or information filed in a court, the RA shall 
refer the matter to the INS for investigation and shall notify the 
employer or agent in writing of this referral. The RA shall continue to 
process

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the application and may issue a qualified temporary labor certification.
    (b) If a court finds an employer or agent innocent of fraud or 
willful misrepresentation, or if the Department of Justice decides not 
to prosecute an employer or agent, the RA shall not deny the temporary 
labor certification application on the grounds of fraud or willful 
misrepresentation. The application, of course, may be denied for other 
reasons pursuant to this subpart.
    (c) If a court or the INS determines that there was fraud or willful 
misrepresentation involving a temporary labor certification application, 
the application shall be deemed invalidated, processing shall be 
terminated, and the application shall be returned to the employer or 
agent with the reasons therefor stated in writing.