Employer and sponsor centre
Sponsor licence and compliance hub
A practical public-information library for organisations building lawful, reliable sponsorship systems.
Employer sponsorship is a regulated compliance system. These pages explain published duties and official sources; they are not organisation-specific legal advice.
Sponsor licence eligibility
The organisational suitability questions to check before starting a worker sponsor-licence application.
Open guide →Choosing the sponsor licence type
How Worker and Temporary Worker categories relate to the roles an organisation plans to sponsor.
Open guide →Sponsor licence key personnel
The authorising officer, key contact and level 1 user roles that control sponsorship compliance.
Open guide →Sponsor licence supporting documents
How organisational evidence supports the identity, operation and route requested by the sponsor.
Open guide →Preparing for a sponsor compliance visit
What a Home Office visit may test about the organisation, vacancies, records and sponsor systems.
Open guide →Using the Sponsor Management System
The operational role of the SMS in assigning sponsorship and reporting changes.
Open guide →Sponsor duties explained
The main monitoring, record-keeping, reporting and compliance responsibilities of a licensed sponsor.
Open guide →Sponsor record-keeping duties
A practical framework for locating, owning and retaining sponsor compliance records.
Open guide →Reporting worker and business changes
How sponsors can build a reliable process for identifying and reporting changes to UKVI.
Open guide →Assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship
The checks a sponsor should complete before assigning the electronic record to a worker.
Open guide →Occupation code and salary checks
Why job duties, code eligibility, going rates, hours and salary need to be assessed together.
Open guide →Right-to-work checks for sponsors
How the general employer duty connects to—but remains distinct from—sponsor compliance.
Open guide →Sponsor licence ratings and action plans
The difference between an A-rating, downgrade and the corrective action expected from a sponsor.
Open guide →Sponsor licence suspension or revocation
A high-level guide to urgent sponsor action when UKVI raises serious compliance concerns.
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