PBS Tier 3 Unskilled Temporary Workers
The following information is related to the UK's new points based system, which has not been fully implemented yet. Information may be updated in the near future.
Tier 3 Visas
Under the new points based system employment based immigration will be broken into five tiers. Tier 3 covers unskilled, temporary migration for employment that is largely seasonal in nature.
Tier 3 was designed to replace programs such as the current Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) and the Sectors Based Scheme (SBS). Please note however, the UK government recently stated that Tier 3 would be suspended from implementation indefinitely.
The UK Government believes that it can bring employees from within the European Union to meet the labor needs of employers that hire unskilled, seasonal labor. The government has recently began earmarking programs such as SAWS and SBS for nationals of Bulgaria and Romania, who have had temporary labour restrictions placed on both of their nations upon their joining the European Union.