To obtain a sponsor licence, you have to register online to the Home Office.

Your business must comply to the 5 key areas of holding a sponsor licence which means, you must adhere to these guidelines and rules.

When applying for a sponsor licence, your business could be audited to see if you comply. If your business fails the inspection, you cannot apply again for at least 6 months.

Our firm highly recommends before applying, we assess your business 5 key areas of compliance and test the knowledge of employees involved in the employment process.

When a sponsor licence application is submitted, we have no idea if the Home Office will carry out first a visit to see if the business complies to the 5 key areas.

Our firm recommends the business approves our firm to carry out two processes:

1) Assessment of the business 5 key areas and confirm if compliant.

2) Staff involved in the sponsor licence application and maintaining it complete take our 'test your knowledge' test to see if have enough knowledge as the UKVI compliance officers will test these people's knowledge.

It is critical the business shows they have a compliant system in place and that staff in the process are knowledgeable.

When a UK business engages a workforce, there are laws we must all abide by. When a business employs staff, you generally have two types, 1) under immigration control and 2) under immigration control.

Under immigration control is where you can employ an overseas national needing a visa to work in the UK, this can be directly under your sponsorship or, via a non-sponsorship visa route. 

Any person the business employs that needs permission to work in the UK who are deemed working illegally, this carries a £20,000 civil penalty fine for illegal employment.

If the Home Office deems your 5 key areas are non-compliant, the sponsor licence can be downgraded and an assessment fee to pay or the licence is revoked meaning all  sponsored workers will lose their jobs immediately.