Services for Business
Empowering Your Talent Pool
Unlock the potential of international talent for your business with our guidance on becoming a licensed sponsor. By obtaining sponsorship status, you’ll gain the ability to attract and employ overseas workers through the Skilled Worker Visa program. This section equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate this process successfully.
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Become Licensed Sponsor
Attracting Global Talent
Following the introduction of the Skilled Worker Visa and the wide range of new opportunities that employers in the UK hire international talent, we can guide your companies through the process to become licenced sponsors.
Becoming a licenced sponsor will increase to capacity to attract international talent. You will be able to issue Certificates of Sponsorship for overseas workers from the EU and the rest of the world to start their process of application for the Skilled Worker Visa that will allow them to work for you.
Ensuring Compliance and Success
In the process, it is critical to understand your rights as employer and the new responsibilities you will acquire in front of the Home Office. Key to business success is to know the rights and obligations of employees, specially when they are Visa holders.
To get a licence as an employer:
- You cannot have unspent criminal convictions for immigration offences (or certain other crimes such as fraud or money laundering) and had a sponsor licence revoked in the last 12 months.
- You will also need appropriate systems in place to monitor sponsored employees and people to manage sponsorship in your business. You must be ready for the UKVI to visit your business.
- You can sponsor a worker if the job they are going to do complies with the UK minimum wage and working time regulations, as well as specific criteria for each case.
Learn about the diverse range of visas that licensed employers can sponsor, including but not limited to:
- Skilled worker
- Health or care worker
- Worker on any type of ‘Global Business Mobility’ visa (senior or specialist worker, graduate trainee, secondment worker, UK expansion worker or service supplier)
- Scale-up worker
- Worker on a government authorised exchange
- Seasonal worker
- Worker on an International Sportsperson visa
- Worker on an international agreement
- Creative worker
- Charity worker
- Minister of religion or religious worker
Some of the above categories require to meet additional requirements, as so does sponsoring workers under 18 and 16 years of age. Professions that fall under the Academic Technology Approval Scheme will also require an ATAS certificate.
Please contact us, to explore the opportunities emerging for your business and we will offer a service tailored for your needs.