ASEAN Ag Visa "in place" by September – but not fully implemented until 2024?

As you may have heard, the new ASEAN Ag Visa will be "in place" by 30 September 2021.

However, this sentence was followed with a statement that it will be "fully implemented" within "the next three years".?

What does this mean? Your guess is as good as ours.?

I'm sure we will find out in due course, perhaps by the end of September.

In the meantime, we continue to?campaign for a more free-flowing Visa, rather than what has been offered in the past.

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What is the ASEAN Ag Visa?

?The?ASEAN Visa?is a new seasonal agricultural workforce visa for citizens of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries which will allow citizens of ASEAN countries to work in Australia for up to nine months per year, returning home each year for at least three months, and for a period of up to three years.

Countries (or states in some cases) include; Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam where hourly rates start from as little as $2.53 (Myanmar).

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How is Left Field preparing in the meantime?

To keep you ahead of the game, Left Field is preparing for the ASEAN Ag Visa by researching which countries, and areas of them, have workers most suitable for agriculture work; such as resilience, strong work ethic, positive can-do attitude, flexibility, and more.?

This means by the time you have access to workers, you'll be confident they'll meet your needs, and place you on the front foot from the get go.