--- kind: "section" citation: "20 C.F.R. § 655.1255" title: "20" number: "655.1255" heading: "What are the procedures for debarment of a facility based on a finding of violation?" url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/655.1255" --- # §655.1255. What are the procedures for debarment of a facility based on a finding of violation? - (a) The Administrator shall notify the Department of Homeland Security and ETA of the final determination of a violation by a facility upon the earliest of the following events: - (1) Where the Administrator determines that there is a basis for a finding of violation by a facility, and no timely request for hearing is made under [§ 655.1220](/cfr/20/655.1220.md); or - (2) Where, after a hearing, the administrative law judge issues a decision and order finding a violation by a facility, and no timely petition for review to the Board is made under [§ 655.1245](/cfr/20/655.1245.md); or - (3) Where a petition for review is taken from an administrative law judge's decision and the Board either declines within 30 days to entertain the appeal, under [§ 655.1245(c)](/cfr/20/655.1245.md?p=c), or the Board affirms the administrative law judge's determination; or - (4) Where the administrative law judge finds that there was no violation by a facility, and the Board, upon review, issues a decision under [§ 655.1245(h)](/cfr/20/655.1245.md?p=h), holding that a violation was committed by a facility. - (b) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, upon receipt of the Administrator's notice under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, shall not approve petitions filed with respect to that employer under [section 212(m)](/cfr/20/212.md?p=m) of the INA ([8 U.S.C. 1182(m)](/usc/8/1182.md?p=m)) during a period of at least 12 months from the date of receipt of the Administrator's notification. The Administrator must provide USCIS with a recommendation as to the length of the debarment. - (c) ETA, upon receipt of the Administrator's notice under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, shall suspend the employer's attestation(s) under subparts [L](/cfr/20/subpartL.md) and [M](/cfr/20/subpartM.md) of this part, and shall not accept for filing any attestation submitted by the employer under subparts [L](/cfr/20/subpartL.md) and [M](/cfr/20/subpartM.md) of this part, for a period of 12 months from the date of receipt of the Administrator's notification or for a longer period if one is specified by the Department of Homeland Security for visa petitions filed by that employer under [section 212(m)](/cfr/20/212.md?p=m) of the INA. ## Notes ### Amendments [75 FR 10406, Mar. 5, 2010] ### Source Source: 65 FR 51149, Aug. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted. ### Authority Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) and (ii), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n), and (t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and 1288(c) and (d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101-238, 103 Stat. 2099, 2102 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a), Pub. L. 101-649, 104 Stat. 4978, 5027 (8 U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(i); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806). Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h). Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; and 8 CFR 214.2(h). Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806. Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C. 1288(c) and (d); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701. Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and (b)(1), 1182(n), and (t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701. Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and 1182(m); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; and 8 CFR 214.2(h). ### Source Source: 42 FR 45899, Sept. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted. ### Amendments [75 FR 10406, Mar. 5, 2010]