Guest worker program

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‍A guest worker program allows foreign workers to temporarily reside and work in a host country until a next round of workers is readily available to switch. Guest workers typically perform low or semi-skilled agricultural, industrial, or domestic labor in countries with workforce shortages, and they return home once their contract has expired.^[1]

While migrant workers may move within a country to find labor, guest worker programs employ workers from areas outside of the host country.^[2] Guest workers are not considered permanent immigrants due to the temporary nature of their contracts.^[1]