Determining the Prevailing Wage rate for an H2B visa applicant (aka. Foreign Labor Prevailing Wage Certification) remains complicated as a result of an August 30, 2010 US District Court decision in which the court ruled against DOL’s H2B rules. According to this article in the Houston Examiner, the DOL’s efforts to address the Court’s concerns continue to be rejected by the Court – the most recent setback being on June 15, 2011 when the Court determined that the effective date for the new rules was invalid. And in the meantime, employers and immigrants eligibile for Foreign labor certification under H2B prevailing wage rules will remain in limbo.