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Seasonal Worker
Visa
1.
What is Seasonal Worker Visa for
2.
What is Eligibility Criteria for Seasonal
Worker Visa?
3.
What Documents Required for
4. What is Certificate of sponsorship for UK Seasonal
Worker Visa?
5. What is Eligibility Criteria for sponsor of a Seasonal
Worker Visa?
6.
What is Importance of Certificate of
sponsorship in UK Seasonal Worker Visa?
7.
What is validity of certificate of
sponsorship?
8.
How to get Certificate of Sponsorship for Seasonal
Worker Visa?
9.
How to Apply for Seasonal Worker Visa for
10.
What is the Time to apply for UK Seasonal
Visa?
11.
What is Visa Application fee for UK Seasonal
Worker Visa?
12.
What is Decision time on Seasonal Visa for
13.
How long you can stay on Seasonal Visa for
14.
What is Income/Salary of Seasonal worker?
15.
What you can do in
16.
What you cannot do in
17.
Can Dependents apply on Seasonal Worker Visa
18.
Is this Seasonal Worker route is a route to Settlement
in
There are several temporary worker routes to come to the
Seasonal Worker Visa is one of the Temporary worker routes,
which has replaced the Temporary Worker-Seasonal Worker Visa (T5)
A Seasonal Worker can do paid job in
There are not so much requirements to be eligible to apply
for Seasonal worker Visa. The detailed explanation about Seasonal Work Visa is
as under:-
2. What is Eligibility
Criteria for Seasonal Worker Visa?
1.
Your age should be 18
years or more than that.
2. You should possess Certificate
of Sponsorship Reference number from
3.
You should meet one of the
following conditions:-
i.
You should have minimum balance
of 1270 GBP in your Bank Account, held for last 28 days, to show that
you can support himself in the
Or
ii.
Your A-Rated sponsor must
confirm on certificate of that they will maintain and accommodate you upto
the end of 1st month of your employment for an amount of minimum
GBP 1270. Same can be confirmed by your sponsors by completing the “Sponsor
Certifies maintenance” section on your certificate.
3. What Documents Required for
1. Your
Valid Passport
2. Certificate
of sponsorship reference number, provided by your sponsor in
3. Document
like Bank Account Statement, showing an amount of GBP 1270.
(Not needed, holding
amount of GBP 1270 can be exempted, if your sponsor takes responsibility to support
you)
4. What is Certificate of sponsorship for UK Seasonal
Worker Visa?
Certificate of sponsorship is a reference number, which
you can get from the company/ sponsor in which you have applied for job. But all
the companies in
Certificate of sponsorship is not hard copy of document
rather it’s a Database Record or we can say it a Digital record, which may
contain your name, sponsored as seasonal worker, detail of your job, you role, and pay package offered to you,
start date of your job etc. It is the job of your sponsor to provide you Certificate
of Sponsorship.
5. What is Eligibility Criteria for sponsor of a
Seasonal Worker Visa?
You sponsor in
1. Be
A-Rated on the Home Office Register of licensed sponsors.
2. Have
an endorsement from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in
relation to the
3. Be
licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
6. What
is Importance of Certificate of sponsorship for UK Seasonal Worker Visa?
When applying for Seasonal Worker
Visa, you must have your sponsorship Certificate reference number, because this
number must be entered in Online Visa Application for Seasonal Worker, without mentioning
sponsorship certificate reference number, your visa application will likely to
refuse.
7. What is validity of
certificate of sponsorship?
Certificate of sponsorship is valid for 03 months
8. How to
get Certificate of Sponsorship for Seasonal Worker Visa?
First of all, find out the list
of licensed companies/ sponsors in the category of Seasonal Worker by clicking register of licensed sponsors. After
you have found the company/sponsor, just
visit their website and apply there either through their online form or by
sending an Email along with your CV, Cover Letter and other supporting
documents.
You can download Regiseter of Licensed sponsor in Excel Format from Follwoing link
Register of Licensed sponosr in UK Excel format (Updated- October 2022)
9. How
to Apply for Seasonal Worker Visa for
You can apply for
Seasonal Worker online by clicking the following link:-
Apply
for Seasonal Worker Visa
10. What is the Time to apply for UK Seasonal Visa?
You can apply for this visa upto
03 months before date of starting your job, which is mentioned on your
certificate of sponsorship.
11. What is
Visa Application fee for UK Seasonal Worker Visa?
The application fee for Seasonal
Worker Visa is GBP 259
12. What is
Decision time on Seasonal Visa for
After applying online, providing your identity and
documents, a period of 03 weeks may be taken for deciding the visa application.
13. How
long you can stay on Seasonal Visa for
You can stay on this Visa either upto 06 months Or the time
mentioned on your certificate of sponsorship + 14 days.
14. What
is Income/Salary of Seasonal worker?
You can be paid GBP 10.10 for
each hour worked.
15. What
you can do in
1. You
can do the job as mentioned in your certificate of sponsorship
2. You
can study, but for some courses or sensitive subjects like Aeronautical
and Aerospace Engineering etc, you will need an Academic Technology Approval
Scheme Certificate. You can read about Academic Technology Approval
Scheme. You can also check yourself that on what subjects, Academic
Technology Approval Scheme Certificate (ATAS) is required to be obtained. If after checking yourself and
selecting your subjects, you requires ATAS Certificate, following message may appear:-
16. What
you cannot do in
There are some restrictions on you being holder of Seasonal
Worker Visa, which are as under:-
1.
You cannot take permanent job.
2.
You cannot take second job other
than that mentioned on your certificate of sponsorship.
3.
You cannot get public
funds, which are usually given to the citizen of
17. Can Dependents apply on
Seasonal Worker Visa
Wife, or husband or children are not authorized to apply
as dependants on this route.
18. Is
this Seasonal Worker route is a route to
Settlement in UK?
Seasonal Worker visa route is not a route to settlement in