SWA job order
Job order filed with the state workforce agency, including all required wage and working condition terms — present, or the pack does not release.
The most rigorous H-2A filing desk a farm can hire.
CrewCertain assembles a documentation-complete H-2A season pack — every required filing (SWA job order, ETA-9142A, recruitment report, USCIS I-129, consular logistics) prepared, tracked, and certified on time under the new two-tier AEWR wage regime — plus a season-long, audit-ready compliance file. The farm signs; workers arrive on the date of need; AI runs the paperwork factory behind a senior H-2A specialist.
Every subsection of 20 CFR 655Five statutory filing elements, gate-checkedDOL · USCIS · SWA · consulate searchesSpecialist release on every pack5-business-day SLA
Why packs fail
A single missing element can delay an entire crew.
A farm's H-2A season is only as strong as the filing behind it. Miss one of the five required filings, skip a required wage calculation, mis-time the 60–75 day pre-need window, or fail to notify a required agency — and the crew can be delayed, denied, or expose the farm to audit liability.
Most farms run this by hand, from memory, once or twice a year. The regulations have not been read end-to-end since the last time it mattered. That is exactly where completeness gaps hide.
CrewCertain exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every file.
1 of 5
missing filing elements is enough to jeopardize a season
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the regulation — subsection by subsection.
We do not summarize the law and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of 20 CFR 655 and the October 2025 AEWR interim final rule. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
ETA-9142A application
Application for temporary employment certification filed through FLAG system, with all required attestations and supporting documentation.
Recruitment report
Documentation of all recruitment efforts, including positive recruitment and contact with former U.S. workers — established by search, not assumption.
AEWR wage calculation
Wage offer computed using the new two-tier AEWR methodology (state-level BLS OEWS wages per skill level minus capped housing deduction) — verified deterministically.
Housing & transportation
Housing inspection documentation and transportation cost reimbursement plan, with required disclosures and recordkeeping.
Audit-ready compliance file
Complete season-long recordkeeping binder including all filings, wage records, and WHD audit-response prep — sequenced on the calendar so nothing is missed.
How a pack is built
Intake to specialist release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A human specialist signs every release. That order is never reversed.
01
Season Gap Scan
Upload the farm's crop calendar and prior filings. We return a free completeness read: which statutory elements and searches you already have, and which are missing.
02
Evidence & wage searches
As your authorized clerical agent, we order the DOL OFLC, SWA, USCIS, and consulate searches and build the filing matrix, corroborated across sources.
03
Grounded drafting
The five filing elements are drafted from your validated data and the 20 CFR 655 rule pack into field-locked templates — no legal opinions, no invented facts.
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Deterministic completeness gates
Wage calculations reconcile to the AEWR tables to the penny; the pre-need window is verified; the filing checklist is resolved; SCRA is screened. Any failure blocks release.
05
Specialist release
A senior H-2A specialist reviews the exception queue and signs the release. High-value or complex filings route to attorney review first.
06
Delivery
You receive the pack: filings, matrix, evidence log, filing checklist, certified-mail packet with labels, and the season-long compliance calendar — ready for the farm to sign and submit under its own name.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
No pack ships without a human signature.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released pack.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard pack library.
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Agency-search sources
DOL · USCIS · SWA · consulate, every applicable file.
Why CrewCertain
Built to be the most thorough option a farm has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every statutory element and search accounted for or explicitly exception-coded. Nothing is left implicit.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A drafting error cannot slip past a regulatory requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run searches as your clerical agent. We never contact the worker, give legal advice, or conduct the recruitment.
Engagement
Flat fee, per released pack. No contingency, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a documentation standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Season Gap Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat fee per released Filing Completeness Pack; disclosed pass-through search fees.
- Optional fixed-fee attorney review for complex or high-value filings.
- Optional Season Compliance Add-on for the in-season compliance file and WHD audit-response prep, pre-dated to your season calendar.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is CrewCertain a law firm?
No. CrewCertain, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney review is available and recommended for complex or high-value filings.
Do you contact the worker or recruit?
Never. CrewCertain is not a recruiter and does not contact workers or job applicants. The farm remains the employer and the party responsible for all recruitment and hiring.
What makes a pack 'complete'?
Completeness is defined by the regulations: the five filing elements present, the pre-need window verified, the agency searches resolved or exception-coded, identity corroborated, and SCRA screened. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to a specialist-released pack. The free Gap Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat fee per released pack, plus disclosed pass-through search costs. No contingency and no percentage of any recovered amount or sale proceeds.
See what's missing before it costs you a season.
Start with a free Season Gap Scan. Send your crop calendar and prior filings and we'll return a completeness read against every subsection of 20 CFR 655.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the farm signs every filing.