VISA PROGRAM PRIMER

FROM THE DECEMBER 2022 ISSUE OF GROWERTALKS MAGAZINE

WRITTEN BY SHAWN PACKER

NARRATED BY BILL CALKINS

EXCERPT: Many employers turn to the temporary foreign guestworker visa programs like the H-2A and H-2B visa—so much so that we’re seeing record numbers of applications. In 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) certified 317,619 H-2A temporary agricultural visas and 181,451 H-2B temporary non-agricultural visas. That’s up from a DOL certified 200,049 H-2A visas and 133,985 H-2B visas in 2017.

Here are five things you should consider before embarking on this journey of hiring workers under these programs.