Sponsorship License
You will need to sponsor any overseas national you wish to employ if they are not a settled worker or do not otherwise have immigration permission to work for you in the UK. This includes most EU, EEA and Swiss nationals who arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020. In order to sponsor a Skilled Worker you will need to be authorised by the Home Office as a licensed Skilled Worker sponsor.
There is no limit on the number of workers that a Skilled Worker sponsor license holder can sponsor. However, when applying for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence the online sponsor licence application form will ask for an estimate of the number of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) you may wish to assign in your first year. You will need to assign a CoS to any worker you wish to sponsor before they can apply for a Skilled Worker visa. You will therefore need to think carefully about how many workers you are likely to employ during your first year. You must be able to justify your Certificate of Sponsorship allocation request.
When you apply for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence you will need to satisfy the Home Office that:
• You can offer employment which meets the skill level requirement of the Skilled Worker route;
• You can offer employment which meets the salary level requirement of the Skilled Worker route;
• The job(s) you are looking to sponsor is (are) genuine;
• There is a direct employer-employee relationship between you (the sponsor) and the worker and you are not looking to sponsor a role which will involve hiring a worker to a third party to undertake an ongoing or routine role.
Call MKSuri & Co to discuss your Skilled Worker sponsor licence application needs. We will be happy to assist