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A seasonal worker visa is a temporary visa for people who need to work in the UK for a certain period of time. Workers in “edible horticulture,” such as picking fruit or vegetables, pork butchery, poultry work, and HGV drivers, are all included.
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Application deadlines for seasonal worker visas are as follows:
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Poultry Workers – You must have applied for a seasonal worker visa as a poultry worker by November 15, 2021. Poultry employees are allowed to stay in the UK until December 31, 2021.
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Drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) – You must apply for a seasonal working visa as an HGV driver by December 1, 2021. HGV drivers are allowed to stay in the UK until February 28, 2022.
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Pig butchery workers– Before December 31, 2021, you must apply for a seasonal worker visa as a pork butchery worker. Workers in the pork butchering industry are allowed to stay in the UK for up to six months.
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Edible horticulture workers – You can apply for a seasonal worker visa at any time and stay in the UK for up to 6 months as an edible horticulture worker.
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HudsonMcKenzie shares on their website the latest information available on the matter.
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Occupational codes
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HGV drivers
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- heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers to transport food goods – large goods vehicle (occupation code 8211)
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Poultry workers with an on-farm or off-farm poultry
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- butcher (occupation code 5431)
- bird or game dresser (occupation code 5433)
- killer and plucker (occupation code 5433)
- plucker (occupation code 5433)
- poulterer (occupation code 5433)
- poultry processor (occupation code 5433)
- poultry sticker (occupation code 5433)
- trusser (occupation code 5433)
- food operative (occupation code 8111)
- poultry catcher or handler (occupation code 9111)
- poultry vaccinator (occupation code 9119)
- poultry meat packer (occupation code 9134)
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Pork butcher
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- pork butchers (occupation code 5431)
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Edible horticulture
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Means those growing:
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(i) Protected Vegetables – those grown in glasshouse systems
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(ii) Field Vegetables – those grown outdoors, including vegetables, herbs, leafy salads and potatoes
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(iii) Soft Fruit – those grown outdoors or under cover e.g. in glasshouses or polytunnels. Includes strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, blueberries and all ribes and rubus species
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(iv) Top Fruit (Orchard Fruit) – trees that bear fruit e.g. apples, plums, cherries, apricots; or
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(v) Vine and Bines – both twining or climbing flexible stems of certain plants, e.g. hops is a bine, and grapes is a vine
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(vi) Mushrooms – typically covers Agaricus bisporus species but can also include more exotic species (typically grown indoors)
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Thank you to our partners at Hudson McKenzie for the useful information. If you need any legal advice, contact their specialists via email at londoninfo@hudsonmckenzie.com or by telephone +44(0) 20 3318 5794.
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The information provided does not amount to legal advice.
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