Rural Services Program

The Virginia Employment Commission’s Rural Services Unit, located at the agency’s central office in Richmond, has the responsibility for processing agricultural, seasonal (H-2A) job orders through the National Agricultural Recruitment System and to register farm labor contractors (crew leaders) and their employees, as required by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

The Rural Services Unit also conducts farm labor seminars for agricultural employers on a statewide basis.

Map of Workforce Center Areas for Agricultural Services

MSFW/Interagency Migrant Worker Policy Committee transfer to the VEC 7-04

For information and assistance in this area, please contact your nearest VEC Workforce Center or contact the VEC State Rural Services Unit at (804) 786-8714 or by FAX at (804) 786-6091.

Important Notice: The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has established an informational web page that lists the requirements for obtaining a valid, first-time Virginia Drivers License, Learners Permit, or Identification Card. Questions and answers about “Legal Presence in Virginia”, issues and actions, and press release information may be found at: http://www.dmvnow.com/webdoc/citizen/legal_pres.asp

Rural Services Forms and Documents

• Adverse Effect Wage Rate
  
  AEWR-2009
• Adverse Effect Wage Rate
  
  AEWR-2008
• Ag Jobs 2005
  
• Agricultural Employer's Tax Guide
  
  Publication 51 (2008), Circular A
• Agricultural Food Processing Clearance Memorandum
  
  ETA 795
• Agricultural Food Processing Clearance Order
  
  ETA 790
• Agricultural Prevailing Wage Determinations and Clearance Orders
  
  ETA Field Memo 8-02
• Alien Labor Certification Grant Guidance- 2005
  
  TEGL 19-04
• Application for Alien Employment Certification
  
  ETA 750
• Application for Alien Employment Certification
  
  ETA 750 (web enabled)
• Application for a Farm Labor Contractor (or FLC employee) Certificate of Registration,
  
  WH-530
• Assisting Farmworker Job-Seekers
  
• Child Labor Laws
  
• Close to Slavery-SPLC Report
  
  3-07
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
  20 CFR 651-658
• DHS-USCIS Premanent Resident Card
  
  Replica 12-04
• DOL Compliance Assistance
  
• DOL FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
  
• Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification
  
• ESA - Wage and Hour Form
  
  WH-516 (English)
• ESA - Wage and Hour Form
  
  WH-516 (Haitian)
• ESA - Wage and Hour Form
  
  WH-516 (Spanish)
• Employer Furnished Housing & Facilities
  
  ETA-338
• Employment Eligibility Verification
  
  INS Employer Bulletin #103
• Enforcement of Job Offers with H-2A Applications
  
  8-89
• FLC Grant Guidance for FY '08
  
  TEGL 21-07
• FLC Processing Centers
  
  FR vol 70 No.137 7-05
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  
• Farm Labor Contracting Pamphlet
  
  6-07
• Farm Labor Contracting information
  
• Farm Labor Contractor Processing - Discontinued 2-07
  
• Farm Placement Service Handbook - Part 1
  
  Circa 1950 - A nostalgic look back at the Federal Farm Placement Program, its rules, regulations, and statistics. This document is from the VEC archives.
• Farm Placement Service Handbook - Part 2
  
  Circa 1950 - This document is from the VEC archives.
• Forestry Workers
  
  USDOL Letter
• Forestry Workers under MSPA
  
  FM 57-88
• Governor's Commission on Immigration - final report
  
  1-09
• H-2A Advocates Response to DOL Proposal
  
  4-14-08
• H-2A Agents in Virginia
  
• H-2A Employment
  
  Worker Abandonment/Rejection/Termination from H-2A Employment ETA TEGL 21-01
• H-2A Employment (Change 1)
  
  Worker Abandonment/Rejection/Termination from H-2A Employment ETA TEGL 21-01, Change 1 (OCT 08)
• H-2A Employment Verification Requirements
  
  3-08
• H-2A Notice of Proposed Rule Making
  
  2-08
• H-2A Orders - 2006
  
• H-2A Orders - 2007
  
• H-2A Orders - 2008
  
• H-2A Orders - 2009
  
• H-2A Orders - 2010
  
• H-2A Program update
  
  10-17-07 Centralized Filing Locations
• H-2A Program update
  
  10-22-07 Acceptance Letter
• H-2A Program update
  
  FLC T & E Guidance letter 11-07
• H-2A Program update
  
  FLC T & E Guidance letter 11-07 change 1
• H-2A Program update
  
  FLC T & E Guidance letter 11-07 change 1:FAQ's
• H2-A Injunction Denied
  
  1-09
• Housing Terms and Conditions
  
  WH 521
• I-9 Employer Handbook
  
  4-09
• I-9 Form
  
  8-09
• INS & Commonwealth of Virginia MOU
  
  10-96
• Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
  
• Immigration of Agricultural Workers -
  
  Policy, Trends & Legislative Issues-RL.30852
• Legally Authorized H2-A Referrals
  
  2-08
• MSPA Ineligible Farm Labor Contractors List
  
• MSPA Vehicle Safety Standards
  
  2006
• Migrant Housing
  
  OSHA inspection checklist
• Migrant Housing
  
  ETA inspection checklist
• Migrant Labor Camp List
  
  7-08
• Migrant Services Directory
  
• Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
  
  Compliance/Record Keeping/Law
• Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
  
  Required Poster
• Minimum Wage Poster
  
  7-07 (B & W)
• Minimum Wage Poster
  
  7-07 (Color)
• Monitor Advocate - National Directory
  
  7-08
• Monitor Advocate Monthly Outreach Report
  
• NCAE Letter
  
  8-07
• NCAE Letter
  
  9-07
• No-Match Letter Procedures for Employers
  
• OIG Report on NCGA
  
• OIG Semi-Annual Report
  
  Vol 51
• One Stop Career Center Complaint Form / Referral Record ETA 8429
  
  4-09
• Potential MSPA Violations
  
  Checklist
• Prevailing Practices Determination Report
  
• Prevailing Practices Information
  
• Prevailing Practices Survey
  
• Prevailing Wage and Practices Determination
  
  Guidance Document
• Restrictive / Incorrect Language in H-2A Applications
  
  ETA Memo-3-05
• Services authorized by the USDA TAA Program for Farmers
  
  TEGL 9-04
• Sheepherders Vegetation Management
  
  DOL letter 3-01
• Summary of Federal Laws & Regulations Affecting Agricultural Employers
  
  Year 2000
• TEGL 11-07 Change 2 Rescission of TEGL 11-07,Change 1, relating to the processing of H-2A applications for temporary agricultural employment of foreign workers in the US.
  
  8-09
• Telamon (WIA 167) State Allocation
  
  Year 2002
• Telamon Guide to Serving Farmworkers in Virginia
  
  2008
• Telamon-VEC MOU
  
  4-2003
• Temporary Employment of H2-A Aliens in the U.S. - Final Rule ETA - 20CFR (part 655), 29CFR (parts 501,780, 788)
  
  5-09
• U.S. Department of Labor proposes suspension of H-2A rule
  
  3-16-09
• USDOL IFR Amending H-2A Regulations to Extend Transition Period
  
  4-09
• Unauthorized Migrants - Numbers & Characteristics
  
• Worker Protection Standards
  
  Inspection checklist

VEC Plan for Agricultural Services

• 2009 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2008 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2007 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2006 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2005 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2004 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2003 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2002 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2001 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services
• 2000 VEC Plan for Agricultural Services

Court Cases / Legal decisions

• Arriaga v. Florida Pacific Farms, L.L.C., 9/02)
• AZOR 12/87
• Garcia-Alvarez v. NCGA, 3/06
• Global Horizons Debarrment 11/06
• Global Horizons Judgement 5-07
• NCGA-FLOC CBA 2008
• Richey Court Order 8/74
• Sianipar 2/07
• Texas Legal Aid v. Chao 10-07