The government announced the visa allocation for the Seasonal Worker visa route for 2025.

Key Points:

  • Officials published a package of measures designed to provide certainty and stability to farmers and growers in the horticulture, poultry and sheep sectors.
  • A total of 43,000 Seasonal Worker visas will be available for horticulture and 2,000 for poultry in 2025.

Additional Information: The Seasonal Worker visa route is designed to allow foreign nationals to work in temporary jobs in the horticulture and poultry sectors and meet the varying labor demand in these sectors while maintaining levels of domestic food production. The government is taking action to keep costs down and provide certainty for these sectors to secure the labor and skills needed.

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