; and (ii) is eligible to be granted such status but for the annual limitations on visas under section 203(b)(3)(A), may apply for, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may grant, an extension of such nonimmigrant status until the Secretary of Homeland Security issues a final administrative decision on the alien’s application for adjustment of status or the Secretary of State issues a final decision on the alien’s application for an immigrant visa. (m) H–2A petition procedures (1) In general The employer shall submit information required for the adjudication of the H–2A petition, including a job order, through the electronic platform no more than 75 calendar days and no fewer than 60 calendar days before the employer’s first date of need specified in the petition. (2) Filing by agricultural associations An association of agricultural producers that use agricultural services may file an H–2A petition under paragraph (1). If an association is a joint or sole employer of workers who perform agricultural labor or services, H–2A workers may be used for the approved job opportunities of any of the association’s producer members and such workers may be transferred among its producer members to perform the agricultural labor or services for which the petition was approved. (3) Petitions involving staggered entry An employer may file a petition involving employment in the same occupational classification and same area of intended employment with multiple start dates if— (A) the petition involves no more than 10 start dates; (B) the multiple start dates share a common end date; (C) no more than 120 days separate the first start date and the final start date listed in the petition