Regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority · Ref No. F201700062
Compliance
A compliance visit may be announced or unannounced, and it may happen before a licence is granted or at any point afterwards.
Officers look at records, systems and the people responsible for them, and they usually speak to staff.
Compliance visits may be announced or unannounced, and may take place before a licence is granted, at random, or in response to intelligence or a specific concern. Officers will normally want to see the premises, interview key personnel and sponsored workers, and inspect records.
Refusing access, or being unable to produce records, is itself treated as a compliance failure.
Preparation is mostly practical: a named person who knows what to do if officers arrive, files that can be produced quickly, key personnel who can explain the recruitment need and the sponsor duties, and an accurate list of sponsored workers with their work locations.
We run practice sessions with key personnel and test the file against the questions officers actually ask.
The report may lead to no action, to an action plan, to suspension or to revocation. Where concerns are raised, the response window is short and the quality of the evidence provided determines the outcome.
We help draft that response and put in place the corrections it needs to describe.
What is actually needed depends on your circumstances. We confirm the list with you before anything is prepared.
We look at the organisation, the roles involved and what has already been done, so advice is based on the actual position rather than assumptions.
We set out what the Home Office will expect to see and where the evidence or the internal position needs work.
We help prepare the application, supporting documents and the internal record keeping that sits behind it.
We advise on requests for further information, compliance activity and any conditions attached to the outcome.
This page is general information about UK immigration and is not advice on your individual circumstances. Requirements, guidance and procedures change. Please obtain advice before relying on anything published here.
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