The request by the department’s Employment and Training Administration follows a prior announcement by the department proposing an 18-month delay in the effective date of a final rule changing the computation of prevailing wage levels for certain immigrants and non-immigrant workers. Published in January 2021, the final rule affects employers seeking to employ foreign workers on a permanent or temporary basis through certain immigrant visas or through H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 non-immigrant visas.

The RFI provides the public an opportunity to provide recommendations, data sources and methods and procedures for informing the development of a possible future rule for establishing prevailing wage levels for those temporary and permanent visa programs affected by the delayed final rule.

The Federal Register published the request in its April 2, 2021, edition. Submit comments in response to the request for 60-days from its publication at https://www.regulations.gov/.