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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...

Documents Required for a UK Expansion Worker Sponsor Licence
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

In a sponsor licence application, companies must prove to the Home Office that they are reliable, organised and dependable, and capable of managing a sponsor licence, which is of course viewed as a privileged position. ...

 The Home Office stipulates the documents they want to see in sponsor licence applications according to the licence being applied for and, if relevant, the sectoral focus of the company. We compare...

Changes to Right to Work Checks from 6 April 2022
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office has announced that as of 06 April 2022, the only way that employers will be permitted to carry out Right to Work checks for certain employees, will be electronically. How Can Employers Carry Out...

 Right to Work Checks Currently? As it stands, there are currently three ways in which a Right to Work check can be carried out: Manual Right to Work checks: This requires employers to obtain original...

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...

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...

Do I have time to find a new Tier 2 Sponsor?
By Richmond Chambers -

On 23 October 2020 the Supreme Court in R (Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 41 held that the Home Office had acted unfairly by not informing a Tier 2 General skilled worker...

 that their sponsor’s licence had been revoked.  What is a Tier 2 General skilled worker? The Tier 2 General visa category is for individuals who have an offer of a skilled job in the UK from a licensed Tier 2...

Impact of Covid-19 on Tier 2 visas
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

The breakout of the Coronavirus Pandemic has caused a major change to the way that many businesses operate. Many businesses have suffered losses in revenue which has resulted in employees facing redundancy or being...

 furloughed under the Government’s job retention scheme.  A recent blog explored how Home Office policies are responding to the virus. This post specifically explores the impact of Covid-19 on Tier 2...

What is a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)?
By Richmond Chambers -

This article was first published in August 2019. Read our updated April 2022 guide to Certificates of Sponsorship: Certificates of Sponsorship: All You Need to Know. Migrants moving to the UK on a Tier 2 (General)...

 visa must submit a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) through which their employer (holding a valid sponsor licence) certifies their proposed employment conditions. A Certificate of Sponsorship is not a...

Changes to Tier 2 Immigration Rules Published
By Richmond Chambers -

In the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules published on 3 November 2016 the Government announced some expected, and some unexpected, changes to Tier 2 applications. The main changes are set out below....

 The changes generally apply to applications made on or after 24 November 2016, but in some cases they apply to applications made using a Certificate of Sponsorship assigned on or after 24 November 2016. In...
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