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The Sponsorship Management System is where a sponsor licence becomes operational. It is where Certificates of Sponsorship are assigned, changes concerning sponsored workers are reported, aspects…
Sponsor licence reporting usually becomes important because something ordinary has happened inside the business. An employee resigns. Their salary changes. They are promoted. They stop attending…
For most Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors, an A-rating is the normal position. A B-rating is not. If the Home Office downgrades a sponsor licence from…
For most UK employers, a sponsor licence no longer expires after four years. The Home Office removed the routine four-year sponsor licence renewal requirement on 6…
A refused sponsor licence application does not always mean the business can simply correct the form and apply again next week. In many cases, a six-month…
Most sponsor licence applications are dealt with by UK Visas and Immigration in less than eight weeks. For eligible applications, the Home Office also offers a…
For a UK employer, the cost of sponsorship is not one fee. There is the cost of obtaining the sponsor licence. There may be a priority…
A sponsor licence audit should answer one simple question: If the Home Office examined the business today, would the sponsorship records match what is actually happening?…
Yes. A small business or start-up can obtain a UK sponsor licence. There is no general rule requiring a company to have a particular number of…
