Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services is non-profit, federally incorporated in 1987 to facilitate and coordinate the processing of requests for foreign seasonal agricultural workers. Authorized by Human Resources Skills Development Canada, F.A.R.M.S. performs an administrative role to the Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program.
 

F.A.R.M.S. is a private sector run organization, governed by a Board of Directors, appointed from those commodity groups participating in the program.

F.A.R.M.S. 25th Annual General Membership Meeting

Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the German Hall - 43 James Street, Delhi, ON

Meeting Time-9:00 am-12:00 noon

(followed by a cost-shared lunch)

Registration begins at 7:45 a.m.

Please confirm your attendance by February 21, 2012 by contacting the F.A.R.M.S. office at 1-866-271-0862

MEMBERS ONLY

Mexico 2012 Insurance Update

The Mexican Consulate has advised that effective January 1, 2012 Great West Life will be the new insurance carrier for the Mexican workers and the new rate will be 0.94 cents a day, seven (7) days a week per worker and shall be deducted from the workers wages each pay period. 

2012 Applications

The 2012 Application packages has been mailed to employers.  

Please complete the application in full, a Human Resource Activities Record and the Appointment of Representative is required.  A separate application for each country and type of request must be used.  Please pay particular attention to mark on the summary the arrival and end dates for each worker requested by name. 

The SUMMARY OF NAMES MUST be submitted with the application

Seasonal Housing must have been approved in 2011 to allow an order for 2012 to be processed.

Where no prior year housing approval is on file it it mandatory to have an inspection conducted before your 2012 order is released to the country for processing.

Where an order exceeds the current number of workers an employer has previously received - a further housing inspection must be conducted for that portion of the increase in worker numbers.

Timeframe to Place a Request for Offshore Workers for 2012

Applications for Offshore Workers under the Seasonal Agrcultural Workers Program are to be received by mail or fax on or before the scheduled timeframes in the chart provided.  The. F.A.R.M.S. Administration fee is required at the time the order is placed and it can be paid by cheque or credit card.  Receipt of the administration fee allows the order to be released for processing.

Request to Arrive

01 to 31Jan  - Timeframe 03-28Oct

01 to 28Feb - Timeframe 21-30Nov

01 to 15Mar - Timeframe 15-23Dec

16 to 31Mar - Timeframe 09-16Jan

01 to 30Apr - Timeframe 23-31Jan

Any date requested after 30April - Suggested timeframe is 8 to 9 weeks lead time prior to arrival