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Sectors Based Scheme

This section describes the Sectors Based Scheme, which allows Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to do low-skilled work in the UK's food manufacturing sector.

Under the scheme, UK-based employers can recruit low-skilled workers to vacancies in the food manufacturing sector that cannot be filled by resident workers.

If you want to recruit Bulgarian or Romanian nationals under the scheme, you should download our guidance booklet from the right side of this page.

Application forms

Sectors Based Scheme - guidance for employers

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Terms explained

  • European Economic Area

    The European Economic Area (EEA) consists of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Although Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are not members of the European Union (EU), their citizens have the same rights as EU citizens to enter, live in and work in the UK.

  • Resident worker

    A person who is a national of the European Economic Area (EEA) or is legally settled in the United Kingdom with permission to work here. In some cases, an employer who wishes to employ a person who is not a permanent resident must show that no resident worker could be found to take the job.

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