The eligibility criteria for obtaining a sponsor licence are not located in statute law nor in the Immigration Rules; they are mainly contained within the long and...
When applying for a sponsor licence, an organisation must decide who will act as its 'Key Personnel' for the purposes of the licence and its relationship with the Home...
When applying for a sponsor licence under Tiers 2 and 5 of the Points-Based System (PBS), an organisation must go through the following process: • step 1: decide which...
This Practice Note is relevant to all sponsor licence applications where the applicant organisation wishes to include the Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) (ICT) category...
Affidavit in support of sponsor licence application for [insert full name of the applicant UK organisation] I, [insert full name of deponent (who must be a senior...
A. Submitting the online application Please can you double check that all the details on the application form are correct. As you do this, print off each page carefully...
Background The 6 April 2016 Sponsor Guidance for Tiers 2 and 5 (SG) makes a number of changes to the compliance regime for sponsor employers under Tiers 2 and 5 the...
The 6 April 2017 Sponsor Guidance for Tiers 2 and 5 (SG) makes a number of changes to the compliance regime for sponsor employers under Tiers 2 and 5 the Points-Based...
A decision by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) acting by the Home Office to refuse to grant a sponsor licence under Tiers 2 & 5 is not subject to any...
This Checklist gives an overview of the immigration matters that should be considered on a relevant transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)...
1 [This offer of employment OR Your employment] is conditional upon, and subject to: 1.1 you obtaining, and at all times continuing to have, the right to live and work in...
There are a number of ways in which a sponsor can lose its licence or have it limited. These are: • downgrading • revocation • suspension • surrender by sponsor, or •...
Background The 19 November 2015 Sponsor Guidance for Tiers 2 and 5 (SG) makes a number of significant changes to the compliance regime for sponsor employers under Tiers 2...
Background The 24 November 2016 Sponsor Guidance for Tiers 2 and 5 (SG) makes a number of changes to the compliance regime for sponsor employers under Tiers 2 and 5 the...
What is a spent conviction? Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA 1974) convictions may become spent after a specified period of time. The period of time...
When an organisation obtains a sponsor licence it must comply with a number of duties and responsibilities to the Home Office. When it applies for the licence it is...
A genuine and trading business? NATURE OF BUSINESS • What does your business do? • How has it raised finance to start? • Have you started operating yet? • Do you have any...
When can the Home Office visit an organisation (or a related third party)? The Home Office is able to carry out compliance visits to the premises of licensed sponsors, or...
Sponsor organisations are required to report various changes of circumstances affecting their organisation to the Home Office. How to submit the report and who should do...
The statutory rules governing the annual accounts and reports of small companies (other than micro-entities) are set out in: • Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006)...
Sponsored migrants are prohibited under the Immigration Rules from changing their sponsor or the duties and responsibilities or remuneration of their current job under...
There are a number of ways in which a sponsor can lose its licence or have it limited. These are: • downgrading • revocation • suspension • surrender by sponsor, or •...
Monitoring immigration status and preventing illegal employment Document 1 Format of copy (hard copy or electronic) Type of document Which copy pages have been taken?For...