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