If your business is applying for a sponsor licence, issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship (COS), or your migrant worker is applying for a visa under the Skilled Worker, Scale-up or Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes, UK Home Office must be satisfied that you can offer genuine employment that meets the salary and skill-level criteria of those visa routes. This is called Genuine Vacancy test. Genuine Vacancy test The Genuine Vacancy…
Read MoreImmigration sponsor licence for construction & building businesses – how to apply & what jobs you can sponsor
SPONSOR LICENCE & WORK VISAS TO EMPLOY FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS Sponsor licence can be obtained by construction & building businesses to employ foreign overseas builders and construction workers on Skilled Worker and other work visas in the UK. The sponsor licence will assist UK companies that struggle with the local staff shortages in the construction sector. Once the sponsor licence is granted to your business by the UK Home Office, your licence is valid for…
Read MoreImmigration sponsor licence for construction & building businesses – how to apply & what jobs you can sponsor
Sponsor licence & work visas to employ foreign construction workers Sponsor licence can be obtained by construction & building businesses to employ foreign overseas builders and construction workers on Skilled Worker and other work visas in the UK. The sponsor licence will assist UK companies that struggle with recruiting suitably skilled local staff following Brexit. Once the sponsor licence is granted to your business by the UK Home Office, your…
Read MoreHow to apply for sponsor licence to employ care workers at your care home
How to recruit overseas care workers from abroad – sponsor licence If you run a care home or care agency in the UK and you are unable to recruit local workers to fill your job vacancies, such as Care Workers or Care Assistants, you can apply to the UK immigration authority, the Home Office, for a sponsor licence. In short, sponsor licence is an authorisation granted to your business by…
Read MoreSkilled worker visa minimum pay
What is the minimum salary or wages for COS and UK Skilled Worker visa There are 6 different possible salary rate levels that sponsor employers need to consider when assessing what minimum salary must be paid for a particular job role to qualify for the Skilled Worker visa. We explain this in more detail further below. Why it is important to pay the minimum salary for Skilled Worker visa Minimum…
Read MoreHow to apply & get sponsor licence
Skilled Worker sponsor licence To employ migrant workers on work permits in the UK, employers must first obtain an authorisation from the Home Office called ‘Sponsor licence’ and be on the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors: Workers. To get the sponsor licence, organisations need to apply to the Home Office by completing an online application form and submitting the required specified information and documents. Types of sponsor licence Skilled…
Read MoreSponsorship duties and compliance
Duties and obligations of sponsor licence holder All sponsor licence holder organisations have extensive duties and obligations defined by the Home Office. Non-compliance may lead to the licence being suspended (during an investigation by the Home Office) or cancelled (revoked after the investigation is completed). Home Office can visit sponsor’s business premises before the licence is granted (pre-licence audit) and at any time during the licence validity. The purpose of…
Read MoreJob advertising for UK work visa not required
Labour market test no longer required by the Home Office Labour market test (job advertising) is no longer required in UK Work visas applications.However, in many instances conducting labour market test mayprove to be useful or advisable for certain applicants, Why use labour market test (job advertising) Labour market test is not required anymore for most work visas to the UK. However, there are still situations when conducting labour market…
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