The Legal Process of Seasonal Visa of UK from Nepal

The Seasonal Worker visa allows you to work in horticulture for up to 6 months, such as picking fruit and vegetables or flowers. This is classified as a Seasonal Worker visa (T5).

Seasonal workers are in high demand not only in the UK, but also in Canada, Finland, Korea, Israel, and a number of other countries. Nepal has submitted a large number of applications for this position.

The number of people looking for seasonal work in the United Kingdom is increasing. Nepali citizens have been going to the UK as temporary workers since the UK government provided visas for seasonal workers.

Individuals can apply online, but failing to understand the procedures correctly has resulted in them paying high fees to agents. We have explained how to obtain a seasonal visa in this article.

How does the visa application process work in Nepal?

Individual Visa application procedure

Individuals must apply for the UK visa and other European countries’ seasonal visas on an individual basis. Section 21 of the Foreign Employment Act of 2007 allows for individual visas.

The sponsoring company in the United Kingdom and the UK embassy in Nepal provide verified copies, which must be uploaded on the online system for the foreign employment permit.

1) Anyone wishing to travel abroad for personal reasons must submit an application for approval to the Department, which must include the following information:

(a) Country to be visited for work;

(b) The nature of the work to be done abroad;

(c) Approval letter from the employer institution

(d) A written agreement outlining the terms and conditions of employment; and

(e) A certificate indicating that orientation training has been completed.

f) Medical clearance

(2) If the applicant’s request appears to be appropriate upon receipt of the application referred to in Subsection (1),—

(a) Country to be visited for work;

(b) The nature of the work to be done abroad;

(c) Approval letter from the employer institution

(d) A written agreement outlining the terms and conditions of employment; and

(e) A certificate indicating that orientation training has been completed.

f) Medical clearance

(2) If the applicant’s request appears to be appropriate upon receipt of the application referred to in Subsection (1),—

To work abroad, the Department must grant permission and require the applicant to present an insurance certificate.

(3) Notwithstanding anything else in this section, no licensee may send personal workers.

What is the price?

A seasonal worker visa application in the UK costs 259 pounds, which equates to NPR 40,000; additionally, the cost of an airline ticket after the visa is stamped varies.

The cost of an international flight from Nepal to the United Kingdom ranges between one lakh and seventy thousand rupees. Prices may vary according to the value of the pound.

The cost of an airline ticket from Nepal to the United Kingdom is between one lakh and twenty thousand and one lakh and seventy thousand rupees. Prices may differ depending on the value of the pound.

The UK plans to accept 40 thousand workers in 2022, with 30 thousand visas already secured and ten thousand visas under consideration. In the United Kingdom, four companies are in charge of seasonal workers. These businesses can hire workers from any country they want.

These are given authority by the government.

These companies state on their websites that no one should rely on any agencies for seasonal visas. The response will be based on the email sent to the company, and as a result, workers will be chosen and transported to the UK. As a result, employers advise job seekers not to rely on agents.

Conclusion

Individual workers have been going abroad by obtaining individual worker permits because Nepali law does not recognise seasonal workers. Our law requires a two-year contract agreement for an individual who wishes to work abroad.

Because the department does not provide employment approval for employment agreements of less than two years, the state has no record of workers going abroad for work.

The law was enacted in Nepal in accordance with the manpower sending for foreign employment modality. Section 5 of the Foreign Employment Act of 2007, by requesting permission from the Nepalese government.

The Nepali government will issue an advertisement, choose a manpower company, and then dispatch workers to another country.

According to this modality Previously, this method was used to send workers to Korea. When cheating in such a process was discovered, the EPS (Employment Permit System) was implemented. modality is a term that refers to the way something is done.

The government is sending workers to Korea and Israel now that the two countries have reached an agreement.

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