Tier 3 visa – Low Skilled Migrants:

The Tier 3 visa service is designed to cater for people immigrating to the UK in order to perform temporary low skilled work. This new tier has replaced the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) and the Sectors Based Scheme (SBS) and will grant leave to enter the UK to migrants from countries with which an effective returns arrangement with the United Kingdom is in place.

The Tier 3 category is a new UK visa category to help employers of lower-skilled workers to fill temporary labour shortages. An example of this may be a construction job that requires temporary workers from abroad because of local labour shortages.

The Tier 3 scheme is currently suspended by the UK Border Agency. No date for implementation has yet been given.