Recruit and retain your team with a UK sponsor licence
Finding the right person for your business is only part of the recruitment decision. If they need sponsorship, you also need to establish whether your organisation and the proposed role meet the requirements, what the application involves and when employment could begin.
Knightsbridge Immigration helps businesses assess their readiness for a Sponsor Licence and prepare the application. We bring together the business evidence, recruitment plans and sponsorship responsibilities, so you understand what needs attention before proceeding.
Is your business ready to sponsor workers?
You may be recruiting from overseas, retaining someone whose existing permission is ending or preparing for future recruitment.
Our starting point is your business and the work you need someone to perform. We consider your operations, the proposed role and the worker’s circumstances where a candidate has already been identified.
A recently established business can qualify for a sponsor licence, but it must provide appropriate evidence and meet the relevant requirements. Incorporation alone does not establish that a business is ready to sponsor.
Understanding your position early helps you decide whether to proceed, gather further evidence or adjust your recruitment plans.
Prepare the evidence and arrangements your application needs
A sponsor licence application concerns both your organisation’s eligibility and its ability to carry out sponsorship duties.
Our preparation focuses on:
- Business evidence: reviewing the documents relevant to your organisation and identifying missing or inconsistent information.
- Recruitment plans: examining the proposed duties, occupation and salary requirements where relevant.
- Sponsorship personnel: explaining the roles that need to be filled and assessing the proposed arrangements.
- HR procedures: considering how your business will maintain records, monitor permission and identify changes requiring action.
You should understand what each part of the preparation is intended to establish, rather than simply receive a list of documents to collect.
Move from preparation to application
Where you instruct us to prepare the application, we agree the work involved and explain what your business needs to supply. We review the information, raise questions that need resolving and support the application and submission process within that scope.
The Home Office may request further information or carry out a compliance check. We explain what any agreed support covers, including how additional work would be handled.
Your business remains responsible for providing accurate information and carrying out its duties as a sponsor.
Understand what happens after the licence
A sponsor licence is one stage in employing a sponsored worker. The appropriate Certificate of Sponsorship and the worker’s immigration application also need consideration.
A licence grant does not, by itself, give an individual permission to begin work.
We explain the relationship between these stages so you can plan recruitment around the necessary preparation and decisions. Our CoS Allocation and HR & Compliance services provide support with subsequent sponsorship requirements.
Plan your costs and timetable
Before paid work begins, we explain our professional fees, the agreed scope and the relevant government charges. Where worker applications or continuing compliance support are separate, we make that distinction clear.
Preparation time depends on your circumstances and the evidence available. Home Office processing is a separate part of the timetable.
Start with your recruitment plans
Our Free Case Review is an initial discussion of your business, proposed recruitment and important dates. We identify the questions requiring closer assessment and explain the appropriate support and fees. Detailed document review and application preparation are agreed separately.
Tell us what your business does, whether you have a candidate in mind and when you hope they will start.
Prefer to begin in writing? Send an enquiry by email with a brief outline of your plans.
