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If you are a UK employer looking to employ skilled workers from overseas or from inside the UK, you must apply for a UK Sponsor Licence first. A UK Sponsor Licence, issued by the Home Office, grants your business the legal right to employ non-UK nationals, including those from the EU, EEA, and Switzerland who arrived in the UK after December 31, 2020. Whether you are employing someone under the Skilled Worker route, including health & care Visa, or UK Expansion Worker route, or another relevant immigration route where a sponsor license is required, you will need to satisfy the Home Office that:

  • Your company is a genuine organisation operating lawfully in the UK.
  • You are honest, dependable and reliable & are not engaging and have not engaged in behaviour or actions that are not conducive to the public good.
  • You are capable of carrying out your sponsor duties and evidencing your compliance in an appropriate timeframe and manner.
  • You can offer genuine employment that meets the appropriate skill level and appropriate rates of pay.

In order to establish that you are a genuine organisation operating lawfully in the UK, you will need to submit a number of company-related documents. The exact documents will depend upon the type of organisation that you are and the tiers that you wish to sponsor migrants under. The Home Office will assess whether you are honest, dependable and reliable by looking at your history and background, as well as that of the key personnel named on your application and any people involved in the day to day running of your business.

They will also examine your current human resources and recruitment practices in order to make sure that you are able to fulfil your sponsor duties. Once your application has been approved, you will be granted an A-rated sponsor licence, following which you can start assigning Certificates of Sponsorship to migrants who wish to work for you, and you will be listed under the register of sponsors.

If you believe you have a genuine established business in the UK and want to hire skilled workers either from abroad or inside the UK or if you already hold a sponsor license and need legal assistance in assigning or allocation of defined and undefined certificates of sponsorship or concerned about correct right to work (RTW) checks for your employees, please feel free to contact us at hi@kb-law.co.uk, or Book an Appointment and we will be more than happy to legally assist you.

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