Mohammed Afzal
Immigration Adviser
IAA Level 3
Citizenship Areas
Support for organisations applying to sponsor overseas workers, expanding their sponsorship arrangements or managing the responsibilities of an existing licence.
The licence must cover the routes you intend to use. Worker and Temporary Worker categories serve different purposes, and an organisation can apply for one or both where eligible.
Sponsorship involves continuing duties towards the Home Office and your sponsored workers. We assess your proposed recruitment alongside the organisation’s ability to manage those duties.
A sponsor licence allows an organisation to sponsor eligible roles within its authorised categories. It does not guarantee a worker’s visa application or remove the need to assess the proposed role and applicant separately.
Some people already have an independent right to work and do not need employer sponsorship. We can review the appropriate immigration arrangement before you commit to an application.
We assist with new Worker and Temporary Worker licence applications, assessing the organisation, intended recruitment and appropriate sponsorship categories.
Review your business or organisation, proposed roles, relevant licence categories and existing immigration arrangements.
We advise on the supporting application information, key personnel and systems needed to manage sponsorship effectively.
We assist with the licence application and supporting material, and advise on further requests or a pre-licence compliance visit.
Review the decision and authorised categories, plan sponsorship activity and establish the ongoing support appropriate to your organisation.
Application fees and any available priority service depend on the organisation and application. Decision timings vary, and a recruitment deadline does not guarantee that a licence or worker visa will be ready by that date.
Different recruitment circumstances use different CoS arrangements. We advise on the appropriate category, requests and allocations for your intended sponsored recruitment.
Before a CoS is assigned, the proposed job and worker should be assessed under the relevant route. A CoS is part of the immigration process and does not itself grant permission to work.
We can assist with CoS requests and allocation planning, review proposed assignments and coordinate the employer and worker stages of an application.
CoS charges, any applicable Immigration Skills Charge and worker application costs should be assessed separately. We can advise on the charges relevant to your recruitment and the rules on who must bear them.
See our Skilled Worker, Scale-up and Temporary Work services for individual application support.
The Sponsorship Management System is used for relevant sponsorship activity and reporting. We can advise on the appropriate management arrangements and assist authorised users with the organisation’s ongoing sponsorship work.
Professional support does not transfer the organisation’s sponsor duties. We help your team understand its role and maintain the arrangements needed for compliant sponsorship.
Changes to ownership, structure, trading activity or sponsorship categories can affect the licence. We assess the proposed change and advise on the appropriate notification or application.
We can review additional licence categories, changes to key personnel, addresses and other sponsor details, including any supporting application needed.
Ownership and corporate changes may require more than a routine update. We assess the implications for the licence and sponsored workers before the transaction or reorganisation takes effect.
Most work sponsor licences remain valid while the organisation continues to meet the relevant eligibility and sponsor duties. They are not subject to a routine four-year renewal cycle.
Scale-up and UK Expansion Worker sponsor licences have separate four-year validity rules. We can review the categories held and advise on the organisation’s longer-term sponsorship plans.
The Home Office may assess sponsorship systems and compliance before granting a licence or during its lifetime. We can review the organisation’s arrangements, identify areas needing attention and help prepare for a compliance visit.
Support can include reviewing sponsor files and procedures, identifying reporting or record-keeping issues and helping the organisation address the findings.
We can review refusal, downgrading, suspension or revocation correspondence, advise on the available response and assess the implications for sponsored workers.
The available steps depend on the decision and reasons given. A refusal, suspension and revocation have different consequences; there is no single appeal or response process that applies to every licence problem.
We can assess the correspondence, relevant history and response deadlines before advising on the appropriate next action.
MA Consultants supports businesses with sponsor licence applications and ongoing sponsorship matters. Our London team can review your proposed recruitment, assess application readiness and advise on the support your organisation needs.
A sponsor licence and an employee visa are separate applications. Explore Skilled Worker visa support, Global Business Mobility or Temporary Worker routes. Existing sponsors can discuss Certificates of Sponsorship, reporting duties and compliance concerns.
Discuss your business sponsorship requirements with MA Consultants →
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