The H-2A program is a maze of agencies, deadlines, and fees. Here’s what ranchers actually ask us — and what workers ask, in Spanish. Dollar figures below are approximate 2026 numbers; federal rates and fees change annually and we verify every one at filing time.
No sales-call gatekeeping. If your question isn’t here, ask us directly.
Everything we do, for one flat fee per worker per season:
Incumbent providers typically quote $1,000+ per worker — after a demo call. Our price is published right here.
Government fees, wages, housing, and worker travel are set by law and passed through at cost — no markup. Approximate 2026 figures:
All-in, most operations land in the $8,000–$18,000 per worker per season range, wages included. Our quote tool shows you every line for your state and headcount before you commit. These figures change annually — verify current rates at flag.dol.gov.
H-2A employers pay the highest of the AEWR (Adverse Effect Wage Rate, set per state each year — approximately $14.83–$20.08/hr across states in 2026), the prevailing wage, any agreed collective rate, or the state/federal minimum. In practice the AEWR is usually the binding number.
You also owe the ¾ guarantee: workers must be offered work for at least three-quarters of the contract period’s hours, even if weather or crop conditions cut the season short. Our system tracks guarantee math continuously so you’re never surprised at close-out. AEWRs are updated annually — verify your state’s current rate at flag.dol.gov.
The federal process wants about 75 days of lead time before your first day of need — and we recommend starting earlier. The clock, working backward from your start date:
Miss the 60-day or 45-day window and your start date slips — which is how 72% of farms end up reporting late crews. Our calendar makes those windows impossible to miss.
Talk to us today — literally today. Regulations allow shorter timelines only in narrow emergency circumstances, and every day matters. If a compliant filing is still achievable for your date, we’ll compress preparation to hours instead of weeks and file immediately. If it genuinely isn’t, we’ll tell you straight, show you the earliest realistic arrival date, and help you plan around it rather than sell you a promise the calendar can’t keep.
You provide the housing — that’s an employer obligation under the program, at no cost to workers, meeting OSHA standards. We make sure it passes. Before filing, we audit your housing against the inspection checklist, flag anything that would fail, and track the state inspection itself as a deadline in your calendar. During the season, housing records live in your audit file so a complaint or inspection never catches you undocumented.
We do. Workers ride from the border to your gate on buses with GPS tracking and onboard cameras — you can watch the crew’s progress in your console, and every mile becomes a defensible record. Daily transport between housing and fields is logged by badge scans at boarding. The program’s travel-cost rules (inbound/outbound reimbursement at the 50% point of the contract, meals en route) are computed automatically in your wage statements.
No — and we’re clear about that. H2A Link is software plus logistics: filing preparation, deadline management, recruiting coordination, transport, and compliance records. Filings are reviewed by licensed counsel before submission, and if your situation raises a genuine legal question — a debarment issue, a corporate restructuring, litigation — we refer you to an independent immigration attorney rather than pretending. Most seasons never need one.
You click one button. Every record an investigator asks for — job orders, certifications, wage math against the AEWR, hours from badge scans, the ¾ guarantee calculation, housing inspections, travel reimbursements, meal charges — is assembled continuously all season, not reconstructed in a panic afterward. The one-click audit file exports the whole paper trail, organized the way investigators expect it. Audits are survivable when the records exist; we make sure they always do.
Yes — that’s the point of the rehire pool. Name the workers you want back and we recruit them first, handle their returning-worker paperwork, and slot them into your next season’s filing. Experienced returners show up knowing your operation, your foreman, and your fields. Because workers never pay recruiting fees with us, the good ones want to come back — and they get first pick of contracts.
The H-2A program is federal, so we can file for operations in any state. Our transport routes and recruiting pipeline are strongest across the major agricultural states of the South, Southwest, Plains, and Mountain West, and we’re adding routes each season based on demand. Tell us where you are in the quote tool — it prices your state’s AEWR and logistics automatically.
Two minutes in the instant quote tool: crop, headcount, dates, housing. You get the real all-in number for your state — wages, government fees, our flat $495, every line itemized — with no sales call and no obligation. If you like the number, we start your intake the same day and the deadline calendar starts protecting your start date immediately. Prefer a human first? Request a call — usually same-day.
Respuestas en español primero. English summary follows each answer.
CERO. Nunca cobramos cuotas. No pagas nada por ser reclutado, nada por tu contrato, nada por la ayuda con tu visa. Si alguien te pide dinero diciendo que trabaja con nosotros, es un fraude — repórtalo en nuestra línea confidencial. Cobrar cuotas de reclutamiento a los trabajadores es ilegal en el programa H-2A.
Getting a job through H2A Link costs you nothing — ever. Charging workers recruiting fees is illegal, and anyone demanding money in our name is a fraud you should report.
En tu teléfono, en español. Cada vez que escaneas tu credencial — al subir al bus, al entrar al campo — tus horas se registran. En la app ves tus horas del día, tu pago acumulado, la tarifa por hora de tu contrato y tus recibos de pago. Si algo no cuadra con lo que te pagaron, lo ves tú mismo, con evidencia.
Your badge scans record your hours automatically. The app shows your hours, pay rate, running earnings, and pay stubs — in Spanish, on your own phone.
Tienes una línea directa y confidencial, en español, dentro de la app y por teléfono. Problemas con la vivienda, con el pago, con el trato en el trabajo — lo que sea. Tu reporte no se comparte con tu empleador sin tu permiso, y reportar un problema nunca te quita tu lugar en el programa ni tu oportunidad de regresar la próxima temporada.
A confidential help line in Spanish, in the app and by phone. Reports are not shared with your employer without your permission, and reporting never costs you your job or your chance to return.
Cuando te reclutamos, te mandamos un enlace por mensaje de texto. Lo abres en tu teléfono, entras con tu número de credencial y listo — no ocupas correo electrónico ni descargas complicadas. Funciona en cualquier teléfono con internet, y las partes más importantes funcionan aunque la señal en el campo sea débil.
We text you a link when you’re recruited; open it on your phone and sign in with your badge number. No email required, and it works on any phone with internet — even with weak signal in the field.
Sí — y los buenos trabajadores regresan primero. Si tu patrón te quiere de vuelta, te ponemos en su lista de regreso y te contactamos antes de la próxima temporada con el papeleo ya avanzado. Los trabajadores con buen historial reciben las mejores ofertas de contrato primero.
Yes. If your employer wants you back, you go on their rehire list and we contact you before next season with your paperwork already started. Workers with a good record get first pick of contracts.
Para empezar: tu pasaporte mexicano vigente. Nosotros te ayudamos con todo lo demás — la solicitud de visa (DS-160), tu cita en el consulado, y tu registro I-94 al cruzar la frontera. Tú nunca pagas las cuotas del consulado ni el transporte de ida: eso corre por cuenta del programa. Guarda tu pasaporte y tu visa contigo; tu credencial de H2A Link se encarga del resto.
You need a valid Mexican passport; we handle the visa application, consulate appointment, and border paperwork. Workers never pay the consular fees or inbound transport — those are covered under the program.
Two minutes gets you the real all-in cost for your season — wages, fees, and our flat $495, itemized.