Employer Guide to Sponsoring Foreign Workers in the UK
Planning to sponsor a worker from overseas? Download our free guide to sponsor licences, visa routes and your ongoing sponsor duties.
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Choose the Right Visa Route: Compare Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes, including their costs, English-language requirements and potential routes to settlement.
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Protect Your Sponsor Licence: Understand the compliance responsibilities that apply after your licence is granted and the potential consequences of revocation.
What's inside
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Do You Need a Sponsor Licence? Find out whether your business must apply, or add a new route to a licence you already hold.
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The Genuine Vacancy Requirement Learn what evidence shows the role is real, and how to select the correct occupation code and salary.
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Reporting Duties Understand which changes you must report to the Home Office, and the deadlines that apply to each.
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Sanctions and Consequences Learn what the Home Office can do if you breach your duties, from a B-rating to revocation.