For employers
Business immigration
Sponsorship is a licensing system. The Home Office grants a licence on the basis that the organisation will meet its duties, and it checks whether those duties are being met.
UKU advises employers at every stage: obtaining a licence, sponsoring workers correctly and keeping the licence in good standing.
The sponsorship lifecycle
Where you are in the process
01
Getting a licence
Whether the organisation is eligible, which licence type is needed, who takes the key personnel roles and what HR evidence must be in place before applying.
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Sponsoring workers
Assigning Certificates of Sponsorship, checking the role and salary against the route, and dealing with changes to sponsored employment.
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Staying compliant
Sponsor duties, SMS reporting, record keeping, right to work checks, compliance visits and responding to suspension or revocation.
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All business immigration services
Each service below sets out the requirements, the evidence involved and the issues that commonly cause difficulty.
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Sponsor licences
Sponsoring workers
Questions
Employer questions
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Technology to support ongoing sponsor compliance
UKU advises employers on their sponsor duties, the Immigration Rules and the immigration implications of the decisions they need to make.
SponsorSync provides a separate technology platform for organisations that want a more structured way to manage their own compliance records, monitoring, actions and evidence.
The platform can help organisations maintain worker records, monitor important dates, identify outstanding actions and retain an audit trail of compliance activity.
SponsorSync is a separate company and does not provide immigration advice.
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