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Sponsor Licence Holders - Latest Changes to Sponsor Duties
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Sponsor licence holders have a number of duties and responsibilities that they must comply with to maintain their licence. It is very important that sponsor licence holders understand the duties that come with holding...

 a licence, and have adequate systems in place to ensure compliance. A failure to comply can have serious consequences for the business and the migrant workers that it employs. If the Home Office finds...

Immigration Skills Charge - A Guide for Employers
By Richmond Chambers -

As a Sponsor, you may be required to pay the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) each time you sponsor a migrant in the Skilled Worker or Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker category. You will...

 need to pay the Immigration Skills Charge if the worker you are sponsoring on either of the above routes is applying for a visa to work in the UK for 6 months or more or is applying from within the UK for...

Certificates of Sponsorship: All You Need to Know
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

What is a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)? A Certificate of Sponsorship (‘CoS’) is an electronic certificate which must be assigned for each migrant worker who wishes to apply under a relevant worker route....

 Applicants under the Skilled Worker route cannot make their visa / permission to stay application without a Certificate of Sponsorship as the unique reference number must be inputted on the application...

Sponsor Licence Suspended - What's Next?
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

There are a number of potential outcomes following the investigation during the period of a sponsor licence suspension. Appropriate action may include one or more the following: Reinstate your sponsor...

 licence with an A-rating; Reinstate your sponsor licence with a B-rating (and issue you with an action plan); Prevent you from assigning any new CoS; Prevent the use of any assigned, but unused, CoS; or Revoke your...

Sponsor Licence Suspended - What To Do Now
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Knowing what duties and responsibilities come with having a sponsor licence are essential. If a sponsor fails to understand and comply with these duties, they are putting their licence, and the visa / permission...

 of their sponsored staff at risk. You can read more about the duties of sponsorship here.  What Happens if We Fail to Comply With Our Sponsor Licence Duties? If you fail to comply with your sponsorship...

Sponsor Licence Change of Business Ownership
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

On 01 December 2020, the Immigration Rules were changed to remove the 10% cap on shareholding ownership for sponsored migrants which was previously in place under the Tier 2 (General) route (unless a migrant was...

 a high earner). This has opened up the possibility of sponsorship to many more companies and migrants. However, the ownership of a company is still very relevant to sponsor licences. This article explores...

How To Apply For A Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence
By Richmond Chambers -

With the introduction of the Skilled Worker visa, as an employer you now need to secure a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence. By doing this, you are able to issue Certificates of Sponsorship to potential applicants,...

 allowing them to obtain their visa. In addition to Skilled Worker Sponsor Licences, you are also able to apply for the following Sponsor Licences: Scale-up (route opens 22 August 2022); International...

Key Personnel in Sponsor Licence Applications
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In our previous post, How To Apply For A Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence, we set out the criteria to be met when applying for a licence to sponsor a skilled worker. One of the steps in a Skilled Worker Sponsor...

 Licence Application is to appoint certain individuals in the organisation to carry out the roles. The key personnel roles are Authorising Officer, Key Contact and Level 1 user. The organisation can also...

Apply for a Health & Care Worker Sponsor Licence
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

In order to obtain a sponsor licence to bring sponsored healthcare workers to the UK, there has to be a company with a sponsor licence and the workers must be sponsored to work for that company.    As has been...

 widely publicised, the healthcare workers route has been expanded – further details are available in our earlier post here. Purpose of the Healthcare Worker Route The skilled worker route is to enable...

Sponsor Licence Duties: A Checklist for Employers
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In this post we look at the duties imposed on employers and organisations that hold a sponsor licence to sponsor workers under the Worker and Temporary Worker routes of the UK immigration system.   We also set...

 out below a checklist for sponsors of workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker routes on how to fulfil their sponsorship duties. For information on how to make a sponsor licence application, please refer...

Minister of Religion Visa: Guidance for Religious Organisations
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

Much like applicants in the Skilled Worker route are sponsored by businesses who hold valid sponsor licences, the new T2 Minister of Religion Visa route enables applicants aged 18 or over to be sponsored as ministers...

 of religion by a religious organisation which has charitable status (or by the Ministry of Defence).  This route replaced the previous Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route.  Minister of Religion Visa:...

Sponsor Licence Audits and Compliance Visits Resume
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

In March 2020, as a result of COVID-19, sponsor licence compliance visits were suspended by the Home Office. However, these audits will now be re-commencing as lockdown restrictions ease across the United Kingdom. Officers...

 will comply with Public Health England (PHE) advice, including the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment, as appropriate, and the observation of social distancing measures. They will also...
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