Business Immigration Lawyers

As a registered sponsor, immigration compliance is compulsory. There are onerous duties in relation to reporting of migrants’ whereabouts and any change of circumstances.

We can offer training, guidance and support throughout the duration of your sponsor licence to ensure compliance with all sponsor duties. 

The purpose of an immigration audit is to identify and resolve any areas of non-compliance in your organisation. It is an assessment and review of HR documents, systems, and processes to ensure compliance in readiness for sponsorship and for potential visits from the Home Office.

All organisations that are sponsors are eligible to have an inspection at any point in their licence lifetime. 

All organisations wishing to recruit migrant workers will require a Sponsor Licence. In order to sponsor migrant workers an organisation must obtain a Sponsor Licence. 

Prior to obtaining a sponsor licence, you will need to ensure you are compliant and meet requirements. 

The Sponsor Management System exists to fulfil record keeping and reporting duties that all sponsor licence holders need to comply with. 

As a Sponsor Licence holder, you will need to appoint people within the organisation to fulfil three key roles on the Sponsor Management System. We can act as your legal representatives in fulfilling some of these duties. 

In order to recruit migrants for roles in your organisation, they will need to obtain a visa that gives them the legal right to work and live in the UK.  For them to get a work visa, your organisation needs to hold a Sponsor Licence that gives you the power to sign a certificate of sponsorship which states that you take responsibility of the individual by providing permanent work, within a certain salary bracket to ensure they do not become dependent on government resources.

The Home Office requires these certificates in order to grant the work visa application access to the UK. 

There are various work visas that you can obtain a sponsor licence for. Explore them to find which visas you need to sponsor in order to submit your application. 

A work visa gives an individual who is not a British citizen the legal right to live and work in the UK. There are a variety of work visa types according to industry, economic need and labour shortages. Each visa has strict requirements and guidelines.