Visas: Ukraine

(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date someone fleeing the war in Ukraine who is seeking a Seasonal Worker visa to come to the UK must have had their application submitted for (1) poultry work, (2) pork butchery work, and (3) driving Heavy Goods Vehicles.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2022

The Seasonal Worker route is not open to any nationality wishing to take employment as a poultry worker, driving heavy goods vehicles, or as a pork butcher. These occupations were included within this route as a temporary concession – unrelated to the current events in Ukraine – that closed to new applications on 15 November 2021, 1 December 2021, and 31 December 2021 respectively.

However, any Ukrainians in the UK under the Seasonal Worker route, are able to have their visa extended until 31 December 2022. More information on flexibility for Ukrainian nationals can be found on gov.uk.

The Seasonal Worker route remains open to all nationalities, including Ukrainian nationals, wishing to take up work in the horticulture sector.

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