Temporary Workers

Temporary Worker or T5 (Temporary Worker) Visa Applications In London 

Temporary Worker routes allow employers to recruit workers in a variety of temporary roles with an organisation in the UK to help satisfy cultural, charitable, religious or international objectives, including volunteering and job shadowing, and for meeting seasonal employment needs in the edible horticultural sector.

There are 6 Temporary Worker routes on which you can sponsor workers and 1 unsponsored Temporary Worker route:

Temporary Worker – Creative and Sporting Visa
This subcategory allows sportspersons and creative workers to come to the UK to undertake temporary work. To qualify under this sub-category, the sportspersons have to be internationally established at the highest level in their sport, and their employment will make a significant contribution to their field of sport in the UK. They can come for a maximum of 12 months.

To be eligible, a creative worker will be internationally renowned and must make a unique contribution to the UK labour market. They will be paid a minimum salary set by Equity, PACT or BECTU (with exceptions). Creative worker includes an actor, dancer, musician or film crew member. The maximum length of stay permitted is 24 months.

Temporary Worker – Charity Worker Visa
This category allows you to come to the UK for a maximum of 12 months to undertake unpaid voluntary fieldwork for a registered charity. The work that you intend to undertake must contribute directly to the achievement or advancement of the sponsoring organisation’s charitable purpose in the UK.

Temporary Worker – Government Authorised Exchange Visa
This category allows you to come to the UK for a maximum of 12 months or 24 months to share knowledge, experience, and best practice. This can be achieved by undertaking training, internship, research, an overseas language programme etc. through various government authorized exchange schemes in operation.

Temporary Worker – Religious Worker Visa
This category allows you to come to the UK for a maximum of 24 months to undertake religious work, such as preaching or working within a religious order. The role that you undertake must be supernumerary and you not a vacant position that could be filled by a settled worker.

Temporary Worker – International Agreement Visa
This sub-category allows overseas nationals to come to the UK to provide services contracted under international law. This covers services such as employees of overseas governments and international organisations, private servants in diplomatic households etc. You can stay in the UK for up to 2 years at a time and extend for up to a total maximum of 6 years unless you are a private servant in a diplomatic household and applied for your visa on or after 5 April 2012, in which case you can stay for a maximum 5 years, or you are a contractual service supplier or independent professional in which case, you can only stay for a maximum of 6 months in any 12 month period.

Seasonal Worker Visa

This route is for workers in edible horticulture doing seasonal work in the UK with a sponsor (who must be an approved scheme operator) for up to 6 months in any 12-month period.

Youth Mobility Scheme Visa
This category allows you to live and work in the UK for 2 years. You can qualify under this category if you are aged between 18 and 30, do not have dependent family members, and a national of Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, San Marino and Taiwan, as well as British Overseas citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British national (overseas).

Fees
Our fixed fees for individual Temporary Worker visa application range from £1550 to £2550 plus VAT and disbursements. Disbursements typically include Home Office / Visa fees, Immigration Health Surcharge fees, Certificate of Sponsorship fees (where applicable), biometrics enrolment fees, optional premium appointments, translations, courier and postage etc.

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