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Key Sponsor Licence Compliance Tips

11 Dec, 2024

The government announced new plans to reduce net migration in September, which included new measures for Sponsor Licence holders. This comes to proactively handle what they believe is over-reliance on foreign talent in certain sectors. This involves the Home Office...

Sponsor Licence Compliance: Corporate Changes and Restructuring

5 Dec, 2024

Being a Sponsor Licence holder allows you to recruit from the overseas talent pool for your UK-based company. As a licenced Sponsor you are obligated to follow certain rules and regulations as set out in “Sponsorship: Guidance for Employers and Educators”....

Sponsor Licence Compliance – Your Responsibilities as a Sponsor

13 Nov, 2024

Sponsor Licences enable employers to employ non-settled workers in the UK. You must apply to the Home Office for a Sponsor Licence. Once granted, you must follow certain guidelines as a business to ensure that you are complying with your responsibilities as a sponsor....

Are you eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain? Routes to ILR

12 Nov, 2024

  Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or ‘Settlement’ is granted to visa-holders who have been in the UK for a significant amount of time. It provides individuals with a no time-limit grant of stay in the UK and the right to work, live and study here indefinitely....

eVisas: What to do as an employer?

12 Nov, 2024

  All BRP cards are approaching their expiry date on 31st December 2024. After this date, the Home Office will transition to a fully digital immigration system. The government have published guidance on how employers can assist sponsored workers during the...

TLS Contact – UK Visa appointment service provider is changing hands

12 Oct, 2024

From October 2024, TLS Contact are taking over the UK Visas and Immigration application processing centres for biometric appointments. Held previously by Sopra Steria, this will change hands on the 15th October. Any appointments booked after this date will need to be...