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Impact of a restructuring on a Sponsor Licence
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As a licensed sponsor, it is important to consider the impact of any restructuring in your organisation, no matter how big or small, on your sponsor licence and your sponsored migrants. As we have already established...

 in a previous blog post, a sponsor licence comes with a number of obligations and the organisation is required to report to the Home Office specific changes in the organisation. The questions to ask...

Are you Satisfying your Duties as a Tier 2 Sponsor?
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Sponsors are required to ensure they are complying with immigration law and have the necessary systems in place to retain their Tier 2 Sponsor Licence. As Sponsors are benefiting from migration they are expected...

 to ensure a balanced system. The main purposes of sponsorship duties are to: Ensure compliance with the Immigration Rules Address weakness within processes Capture concerning behaviour from migrants at an...

Your Guide to Satisfying the Resident Labour Market Test
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In order to successfully fill a position via a Tier 2 (General) Visa, the sponsor must satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT) to establish that there are no settled workers suitable for the position. Settled...

 workers by this definition includes: UK nationals EEA nationals exercising EU Treaty Rights in the UK Citizens of British Overseas Territories (See Tier 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors for exclusions)...

Three things graduate recruiters need to know about UK immigration
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As we move ever closer to the end of 2018, employers are starting to consider what they will do to succeed in 2019 and beyond. And, as part of that planning process, companies are currently putting considerable...

 effort into finalising their graduate programmes. But what do they need to consider? What are the key issues they need to keep in mind – both in terms of people from EU and non-EU countries – to...

Dealing With A Tier 2 and 5 Sponsor Licence Suspension
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All Tier 2 and Tier 5 Sponsors can expect at least one compliance visit from the Home Office during the lifetime of their Sponsor Licence. The purpose of the compliance visit is to check that a sponsor can meets...

 its sponsor compliance duties. If the Home Office is not satisfied that the sponsor is complying with its duties then it may suspend the Sponsor Licence with a view to permanently revoking it. Before the...

The Genuine Vacancy Test for Tier 2 General and Tier 2 ICT migrants
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On 6th November 2014, the Home Office published new Immigration Rules which have introduced a number of changes to the business immigration categories. One of the most important changes for employers to be aware...

 of is that the Home Office now has power to conduct checks to ensure that advertised vacancies are "genuine". This change affects applications under both the Tier 2 General and Tier 2 Intra-Company Transfer...

Immigration and Recruitment for Technology Start-ups
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Technology Start-ups have been given massive government incentives to flock to the UK, however according to a group of experts it is the government’s own policies...

 on immigration that are stopping the UK taking its place as a world-leading hub of technological innovation and entrepreneurship.Exceptional Talent

Employing overseas workers and applying to become a licensed sponsor
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If your business wishes to employ overseas workers (other than those from the EU) then you will need to apply to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) for a licence to enable you to do so under the “Points Based System”. You...

 can apply for a Sponsor Licence to enable you to employ workers longer term (Tier 2 of the PBS), or short term (Tier 5 of the PBS), or both, depending on the sector your business operates...

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