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Informational Piece

The Unnecessary Constraints of the H-2A Filing Process: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

admin / January 7, 2024

Once a niche topic known only in agricultural circles, the H-2A foreign guestworker program has recently entered mainstream discourse. Exacerbated by labor shortages due to COVID-19 and other economic factors, demand for H-2A visas has surged, quadrupling in the last decade. H-2A workers currently comprise an estimated 10-15% of America’s agricultural workforce, with well over a quarter of a million visas issued annually.

Regulatory News

Petition for Rulemaking on the H-2A Wage Methodology

admin / January 4, 2024

The following petition was submitted to the Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su, urging the reevaluation of the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) methodology used to determine the required minimum wages for agricultural workers employed pursuant to the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program.

Informational Piece

Common Questions from New H-2A Employers: When do I need to secure housing for workers?

admin / November 28, 2023

Blog series on the most common questions we get from first time H-2A users.

Informational Piece

Common Questions from New H-2A Employers: Driving Arrangements for Workers?

admin / November 24, 2023

Blog series on the most common questions we get from first time H-2A users.

Informational Piece

Common Questions from New H-2A Employers: Leadtime to Worker Arrival?

admin / November 22, 2023

Blog series on the most common questions we get from first time H-2A users.

Informational Piece

Common Questions from New H-2A Employers: Options for Worker Housing?

admin / November 22, 2023

Blog series on the most common questions we get from first time H-2A users.

Informational Piece

Common Questions from New H-2A Employers: English-speaking workers?

admin / November 20, 2023

Blog series on the most common questions we get from first time H-2A users.

Regulatory News

H-2B Visa Cap Relief Announcement and End-of-Season Reminders

admin / November 8, 2023

On November 3, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to release the maximum number of visas permitted by Congress this fiscal year – a total of 64,716 visas. Of these, 44,716 visas will be allocated to returning workers*, with an additional 20,000 earmarked to workers from an expanded list of Northern Triangle (NT) countries, which now include El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.

Informational Piece

Off Target: Why Trigger-Happy H-2A Reform is Bad Policy

admin / October 31, 2023

The Biden Administration has released four (4) different H-2A rules in the last year (two in operation now, two currently undergoing public comment). Almost none of it has helped growers or “streamlined” the program as promised.

Three Critical Things you Should Know About the H-2B Program

admin / October 5, 2023

The H-2B visa program is capped at 66,000 visas per year—33,000 for workers who begin employment in the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 for workers beginning employment in the second half.