Seasonal Worker Visa

Seasonal Worker Visa

The seasonal worker visa allows those who are not currently in the UK to come and work for 6 months in the field of horticulture.

Eligibility Criteria

You can apply for this visa and to travel to the UK and work in:

·        horticulture for up to 6 months - in areas like picking fruit and vegetables or flowers

·        poultry from 2 October to 31 December, in the same year

It is highly important to apply for poultry Seasonal Worker visas by the 15th of November each year.

However, you can apply for a horticulture seasonal worker visa at any time of the year.

What you need:

·        Sponsorship

·        Meet the other required qualifications

This visa has replaced the Temporary Worker - Seasonal Worker visa (T5).

Duration of Stay

·        6 months for horticulture work

·        from 2 October to 31 December each year for poultry work

Once your application is valid, you can be in the UK for up to two weeks before your work date.

Application Timeline

Visa applications can be up to three months before the due date to start work in the UK. You can find the precise date on the certificate of sponsorship.

Proof of identity with documents provision is a necessary part of your application.

Extra time may be allowed if you need an appointment to do that.

Once you start your application, you get more details of this. 

Decision Timeline

After all necessary applications have been carried out, you'll get a decision in three weeks

Costs

You must

• Pay application fee- £298.
• Show proof of sustainable savings

Permitted and Restricted Activities

What you can do:

• Study - for some courses, you might require an ATS certificate
• Work in most jobs described in your certificate of sponsorship

What you cannot do:

·        Work permanently

·        Request for benefits, probably public funds.

·        Attach the family members to your application

·        Work in another job not described in your certificate of sponsorship.

Job Criteria 

You must be 18 or over when you apply and have both of the following:

• letter from your UK sponsor containing the certificate of sponsorship reference number
• have sufficient funds for yourself when you get to the UK: you will normally have to demonstrate that you have £1,270 (or that you are exempt from showing this)

Your employer must make sure that your job pays you at least the national minimum wage and abide by the UK regulations concerning the number of weekly working hours. If your employer does not do this, then this application will be declined.

Certificate of sponsorship

A certificate of sponsorship is a reference number containing details of the job and the holder’s details. No, it is not a paper document or certificate.

This reference number will be given to you by your sponsor in the form of your certificate of sponsorship.

The reference number of your certificate of sponsorship will have to be included when filling the visa application form and it can only be used once.

Your certificate of sponsorship remains for 3 months from the date of being allocated to you.

Money to support yourself

You must have a minimum of £1,270 in your bank account to prove that you can be self-sufficient in the United Kingdom.

For example, you’ll have to have had the money in your possession for 28 consecutive days at some point. The date on which the applicant marks ‘Day 28’ must fall within 31 days of the day when the application for this visa was made.

You will generally be required to demonstrate this on application, unless your sponsor can meet your expenditures in the first month after arriving in the UK, up to £1,270.

Check the guidance on the financial resources required for more details about the money that is considered necessary and how its necessity can be substantiated.

If your sponsor can support you instead

Your certificate of sponsorship has to state this. The ‘sponsor certifies maintenance’ part on your certificate will need to be filled by your sponsor. This falls under ‘Additional data’.

Required Documents

Provide the following when applying:

·        your certificate of sponsorship reference number that should be given to you by your sponsor.

·        a valid passport or other document that proves your identity and nationality

·        evidence that you have enough personal savings for self-sustenance in the UK, this could be in the form of, bank statements (unless your certificate of sponsorship shows your sponsor can support you)

You need a blank page in your passport for your visa. If your type of travel document is quite different, let us say, a stateless person’s travel document, then it must have space for your visa.

If your documents not be in English or Welsh you will be required to provide a certified translation of the documents.

After application, additional documents may need to be needed from you by the Home officer.

Application

One of the prerequisites for filling out the application is to justify your identification. This will depend on your nationality and the type of passport that you hold.

You’ll either:

• Go for fingerprinting and photograph at a visa application center - this is where you are

issued with a biometric residence permit.

• Make use of the ‘UK Immigration: ‘ID Check’ application to capture your identity document –

you will also set up or log in to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account

The requirements will be stated to you when you apply.

If an appointment is needed:

• Your passport and documents may be with the center for some time as they sort out your

application.

• you may have to travel to get to your nearest visa application center (this may be in

another country)

Children Born in the UK

Note that children born in the UK do not automatically become British citizens.

Make sure you apply for your child-dependent visa if you want to travel in and out of the UK

with them

Make sure to provide necessary documents such as a UK birth certificate that shows both names

of parents.

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