The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added information on how to apply for H-2A visas on the farmers.gov website.
The USDA announced the addition to the website, unveiled in 2018 to allow farmers apply for programs and process transactions, on April 3.
The USDA also added farms loan management information.
“In my travels across the country, I have consistently heard people express a desire for greater use of technology in the way we deliver programs at USDA,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in a news release. “As we adopt new technology, we are introducing simple yet innovative approaches to support our farmers, ranchers, producers, and foresters as they support the nation every day.”
The website provides an H-2A program page and interactive checklist tool, with an emphasis on education and smaller owner-operators. The agency plans to collaborate with the Department of Labor on another phase of the H-2A process, with a streamlined application form that allows farmers to move from the USDA to Department of Labor seamlessly when applying, according to the release.
