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Skilled Worker Route Sponsorship Costs: A Comprehensive Guide for UK Companies

In This Article 1. Skilled Workers in the UK: Understanding the Costs of Sponsoring 2. Sponsor Licence Fees 3. Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) Fees 4. Immigration Skills Charge 5. Priority Fees 6. Visa Application...

New Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers:  Further Challenges for Self-Sponsorship

In This Article 1. New Restrictions on Salary Calculations for Self-Sponsored Skilled Workers 2. What this means for Employers and Skilled Worker Applicants 3. The UK’s Shifting Stance on Business Migration...

New Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers: What’s Changing in April 2025?

In This Article 1. New Recruitment Rules for Care Workers in England 2. Government Crackdown on Exploitation and Visa Abuse 3. Increase in Minimum Salary for Skilled Worker Visa Applicants 4. Changes...

Skilled Worker Route & Senior or Specialist Worker Route Compared

In This Article 1. Understanding the Skilled Worker and Senior or Specialist Worker Routes 2. An Overview of the Skilled Worker and Senior or Specialist Worker Routes 3. Key Similarities Between the Skilled...

Sponsor Duties: Managing Third-Party Work for Skilled Workers

In This Article 1. Sponsor Duties for Contracted Skilled Workers 2. Is Working for Third Parties by a Sponsored Worker Prohibited? 3. How Sponsors Can Retain Control Over Sponsored Workers in Third-Party Contracts 4....

UK Immigration Salary List 2025

On 4 December 2023, the Home Secretary announced several changes to the immigration system related to the Skilled Worker route. Amongst these changes, it was announced that, from April 2024, the Shortage Occupation...

Losing Your Job As A Sponsored Skilled Worker

In This Article 1. Introduction to the Skilled Worker Route 2. I Am A Skilled Worker, How Long Do I Have to Decide What To Do? 3. Can I Switch to Another Visa Route? 4. Can I Stay on the Skilled Worker Route? 5....

New Statement of Changes Sets Out Details of Salary Requirements for Skilled Workers

Further to the December 2023 announcements (covered in my blog here), yesterday, on 14 March 2024, the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC590 was finally published.   This post is one of two assessing...

A Beginner's Guide to Self-Sponsorship as a Skilled Worker

One way to work in the UK as a migrant is through sponsored employment as a Skilled Worker. A migrant’s leave in the UK as a Skilled Worker is tied to the condition that they work for their sponsored employer....

Spring 2024 Immigration Changes: What Businesses and Individuals Need to Know

In a move aimed at reducing legal migration numbers to the UK by around 300,000, on Monday, 4 December, the Home Secretary unveiled a series of significant measures, including changes to the Skilled Worker minimum...

How the New Immigration Policies Affect Britons and Businesses

On 04 December 2023, the recently appointed Home Secretary, James Cleverly,  announced a plan to slash migration levels and to “curb abuse of the immigration system”.    The Press Release promises “Together,...

Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence Success Stories

Our business immigration barristers regularly assist UK employers to successfully apply for Skilled Worker sponsor licences, maintain their Skilled Worker sponsor licence at the highest rating and comply with their...