Canada Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) – Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Employers may use this program to hire temporary foreign workers (TFWs) from participating nations for up to eight months, starting on January 1 and ending on December 15, as long as they can guarantee the workers 240 hours of work in no more than six weeks.

In order for a foreign national to be granted a work permit under the SAWP, they need to fulfill the subsequent criteria:

– possess a favorable LMIA from their first employment

– the going rate for that particular item;

– the activity needs to be associated with “primary agriculture on farms.”

– be a citizen of a country with a SAWP agreement

Mexico

Caribbean countries of:

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Jamaica

Montserrat

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago