For many sectors – such as healthcare, hospitality and finance – the ability to recruit talent from overseas is imperative to meeting customer demands. Overseas workers can be beneficial to your business as they can contribute their talents and efforts for its growth. Carrying unique skills, these workers can add value to your company using their fresh ideas and energy.
However, if your business needs to hire workers from outside the UK, you first need to secure a sponsor licence. Without being an approved sponsor and prove that you can sponsor the workforce you are bringing on board, you can’t hire overseas workers.
Approaching sponsor licence applications without assistance can be intimidating. Luckily, Glo Recruitment is an expert in all immigration-related matters, and we can guide you through the Sponsor licence process.
UK employers must be granted a Sponsor Licence by UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) before they can employ any non-UK workers under the points-based system.
The Sponsor Licence system is based on the following principles:
You need to apply online for your sponsor licence. Once you have finished the online application, you need to send in:
If you fail to submit all required documents, it may result in your application being delayed or rejected and further costs will be incurred.
You can apply to request a review of your application if you think it was refused because:
You cannot apply just because you disagree with the decision.
The compliance is an area that you can get wrong very easily. If you are successful in your application, you then need to focus on managing the sponsor licence. You need to do this to ensure that you don’t breach the rules of the Home Office and get penalised for the breaches.
Once your business has been granted a Sponsor Licence, it will have access to the Sponsorship Management System (SMS). You need to keep the SMS up-to-date providing a real-time snap shot of your sponsor licence and all of your sponsored workers.
In addition to record keeping, you are also responsible to notify the Home Office of certain changes in circumstances.
For example, you must update the SMS within 10 working days if a sponsored employee does not turn up to work on their first day, a sponsored employee’s contract is terminated early, a sponsored employee is absent from work for 10 or more days, without permission or there are significant changes in a sponsored contract of employment.
For example, you must update the SMS within 10 working days if a sponsored employee does not turn up to work on their first day, a sponsored employee’s contract is terminated early, a sponsored employee is absent from work for 10 or more days, without permission or there are significant changes in a sponsored contract of employment.
The sponsor will need to assign the applicant a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) before the sponsored skilled worker can apply for leave to enter the UK, or remain in the UK, under a visa. The Certificate of Sponsorship is confirmation by the employer that they wish to employ a visa migrant and that the employee will be paid at the salary as stated in the CoS. The employer will meet their obligations under the visa system.
Our Immigration specialists make managing the Sponsorship Licence process easy. We will partner with your business, ensure we understand it and support you in not only getting your UK Immigration Sponsorship Licence, but in maintaining it.
Our team consists of immigration lawyers who can work in support of your in-house HR team or take care of the entire licence application and management on your behalf, across all types of sponsorship licence.
Our professional fee for sponsor licence service is £1399.
If you are looking for advice on sponsor licence applications, we can help. Contact us now!
