On 31 March 2023, the Home Office updated their Workers and Temporary Workers Guidance in relation to sponsor duties and compliance. Found out how these changes impact your sponsor licence obligations.
Sponsorship of migrant workers can be quite administratively burdensome on both employers and sponsored workers. Here we explore alternative route to working in the UK.
The ISC is paid by a sponsor each time they assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to an employee under the Skilled Worker or Specialist Worker routes for a period of sponsorship longer than six months, unless an exemption is applicable. It has been somewhat controversial since its introduction in 2017. Find out if your business is subject to this charge.
In May 2021, the UK government announced that the UK & India had signed a new migration partnership as ‘part of the UK Government’s commitment to deliver an immigration system that attracts the best and brightest individuals from India and around the world’. Found out how this works in practice.
Whilst a company that holds a Home Office sponsor licence to employ migrant workers would usually only be permitted to sponsor workers who will be working for the company directly there are limited exceptions to this rule. Found out more here.
When a company loses its sponsor licence or lets it expire, the consequences for employees whose status depends on the company’s compliance can be far-reaching.
