Ron Phipps Market Update March 20, 2009
World Honey Market Report by Ron Phipps March 2009
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Visas Granted for Nicaraguan H2A Workers for Beekeepers
Below is information used by Adee Honey Farms to petition the Department of Homeland Security to allow Nicaraguan H2A workers into the US. Use the Adee Honey Farms format to re-apply to get your Nicaraguan H2A workers through the red tape. If you have questions, call Adee Honey Farms at 605-627-5621 and ask for Marla.
Adee Honey Farms was required to re-apply to get approval of their H2A workers. Their approval did not come from an appeal, a process that is too time consuming. Adees were also required to pay the application fees once again. To our knowledge, there has been no discussion on beekeepers re-couping the fees on the original denials. It seems like they should be able to, but we believe that money is gone.
The new application must address 4 areas of concern to the USCIS. Adees had to document importance of beekeeping industry to agriculture and how severely the industry has been impacted by this decision. Attached is a letter that addresses all their issues. This letter needs a little customizing for each beekeeper. They will need to change the references to Adee Honey. Additionally, each of the workers had to be named on the application and Adees had to provide copies of the Nicaraguans passports and visas from last year.
We would encourage everyone to file immediately. The new application took nearly a month. We are hopeful that the process will be faster with subsequent applications, but this is a government process, so it is anyone's guess.
Click here to view Adee's Letter of Petition
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