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It is worth having an audit with a reputable advisor in advance to ensure you are fully aware of your duties as a sponsor. Legal fees for the sponsor licence application are usually around £3,500 ...
The UK Home Office will refund application fees to sponsors in the renewal process and urges them to verify their license expiry through the online Sponsorship Management System (SMS).
In August 2024, Legit.ng reported that the UK government had approved 119,195 companies to sponsor skilled workers' visas from Nigeria and other foreign countries.
Medium and large companies applying for a sponsor license will also see an increase, with the fee rising from £1,476 (Dh7,030) to £1,579 (Dh7,521). Nationality application ...
If you're a business owner in the United Kingdom's (UK) sponsorship looking for skilled workers overseas, you will need a Sponsor licence.
The Sponsorship Pre-Licence Process has a standard service time of eight weeks to complete the processing of an application to be included on the Sponsor Register. The Home Office said it could now ...
Only around 3% of employers currently hold a sponsor licence to employ EU or non-EU workers despite acute skills shortages, according to immigration law firm Migrate UK. According to the firm’s ...
Before this change, GP practices hosting staff from abroad would have to renew their sponsorship licence every four years, at a cost of £536. The RCGP described the move, announced at the end of ...