Concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers: WRK2.6
Updated 5 June 2025
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1. WRK2.6.1 What are the requirements?
From 1 April 2013, a non-visa national can apply as a seasonal concession to work as a sheep shearer in the UK. This concession will allow entry from 1 April to 30 June 2025 for this purpose.
皇冠体育app requirements of this concession are:
- 皇冠体育app applicant is genuinely seeking entry for the purpose of undertaking employment, or providing services, as a sheep shearer, and
- 皇冠体育app applicant will be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds, and
- 皇冠体育app applicant will leave the UK at the end of their stay, and
- 皇冠体育app applicant arrives in the UK for this purpose between 1 April and 30 June 2025.
This concession is time limited. Leave to enter will not be granted for a period extending beyond 30 September 2025.
2. WRK2.6.2 Terms of employment
皇冠体育app applicant must provide a work contract confirming the nature of their employment and their remuneration.
2.1 WRK2.6.3 Endorsements
This concession will allow entry from 1 April to 30 June 2025 for this purpose. Those meeting the requirements and arriving between these dates will qualify for leave to enter for a maximum period of three months from the date of entry. (i.e. the latest expiry of leave under this concession would be 30 September).
D: SHEEP SHEARER LTE 3 months code 4 add endorsement: name of farm(er)
3. WRK2.6.4 Refusals
If you are not satisfied that the person meets the requirements of this concession, entry clearance should be refused on the basis that the person is seeking entry for a purpose which is not covered by the Immigration Rules, namely paragraph 320 (1). 皇冠体育app application would not attract a right of appeal.