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The H-2A temporary agricultural program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature. Employment is of a seasonal nature where it is tied to a certain time of year by an event or pattern, such as a short annual growing cycle, and requires labor levels above what is necessary for ongoing operations

Timeframe

• Remember to first submit your agricultural job order to the State Workforce Agency (SWA) serving the area of intended employment no fewer than 60 and no more than 75 days before your start date of work
• Unless you have a documented emergency situation, you must file a complete H-2A application (including all supporting documentation) with the Chicago NPC no less than 45 days before your start date of work. 

Services

• Filing with your State Department of Labor Application
• Filing all documents with U.S. Department of Labor
• Placing all required advertisements and creating and submiting all required reports 
• File all documents with Department of Homeland Security.