USDA website feature aims to help farmers more easily hire H-2A workers

An update to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmers.gov website is meant to help farmers more easily hire immigrant workers with H-2A visas, according to a press release.

The new updates on the website include:

• A real-time dashboard that enables farmers to track the status of their eligible employer application and visa applications for temporary nonimmigrant workers
• Streamlined login information so farmers can save and track multiple applications quickly 
• Easier access to the Department of Labor’s Foreign Labor Application Gateway
• Allows farmers to track time-sensitive actions taken in the course of Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s adjudication of temporary labor certification applications
• Allows farmers to access all application forms on-line