Participants are able to participate in the scheme as many times as they would like. Participants returning to the scheme must meet the normal criteria to participate, i.e. they must be 18 years of age or over.
If an applicant wishes to reapply either in the same academic year or the following year he must be aware that he there is minimum 3 mounts between the end date of his previous work card and the start date of the new work card. If some farmer request a returnee it is not guaranteed they will issued with a work cards. The final decision is HOPS.
HOPS operates a system whereby farmers and growers can invite named participants back to the farm for another season. These participants are known as "Returnee applicants".