Category: Sponsor Licence

The practical steps Bromley employers must take to prepare for a Home Office sponsor licence compliance audit

A sponsor licence compliance checklist covers eight practical areas: complete worker records, evidence of recruitment, correct salary payments, genuine sponsored roles, timely reports, secure Sponsorship Management System access, right to work checks and proof that workers receive information about their employment rights. The Home Office can examine your records, interview workers and visit premises, sometimes […]

Read More

What the August 2026 Sponsor Guidance Update Means for Employers Using eVisas

Part 3 of the Home Office guidance for Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors was republished on 28 August 2026. The update did not introduce a new set of eVisa record-keeping duties. The main eVisa-specific record changes had already appeared in Appendix D on 3 August 2026, reflecting the move away from physical immigration documents. The […]

Read More

Sponsor Licence Revocations Are Rising: What UK Employers Should Review Before a Compliance Visit

Sponsor licence enforcement has intensified significantly. The Home Office confirmed that 1,948 licences were revoked between July 2024 and June 2025, more than double the 937 revoked during the previous 12 months. Quarterly sponsorship data subsequently showed around 3,100 Worker sponsor licence revocations during calendar year 2025, a record high. There is no statutory right […]

Read More

The real cost of sponsoring a worker in 2026, now the April fee rises have settled in (Part 2)

For a licensed employer sponsoring a Skilled Worker for five years, the Immigration Skills Charge and Certificate of Sponsorship alone total £2,925 for a small or charitable sponsor and £7,125 for a medium or large sponsor. These figures exclude the sponsor licence fee because an already licensed employer does not pay that fee again for […]

Read More

The real cost of sponsoring a worker in 2026, now the April fee rises have settled in (Part 1)

For a small or charitable UK employer that needs a new Worker sponsor licence and is sponsoring one Skilled Worker from overseas for three years, the core sponsor-side Home Office costs can total £2,576. That consists of the £611 sponsor licence fee, a £525 Certificate of Sponsorship and £1,440 Immigration Skills Charge. If you also […]

Read More