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Visa sponsorship
Services
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UK visa sponsorship for employers
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - sponsorship licences, requirements, certificates and skilled worker tiers
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Sponsor a visa applicant: form SU07
Form to confirm that you will sponsor a person applying to visit or settle in the UK. Also known as the "sponsorship undertaking form".
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Visas when you separate or divorce
You must tell the Home Office if your relationship ends and you or your partner have a temporary UK visa
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Apply for a sponsor licence
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
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Employees: if your visa sponsor loses their licence
What happens if you're a sponsored employee and your sponsor loses their licence, has a suspended licence
Guidance and regulation
- Biometric residence permits: overseas applicant and sponsor information
- Sponsor guidance appendix A: supporting documents for sponsor applications
News and communications
Research and statistics
- Report on a re-inspection of the Tier 4 curtailment process, July 2017
- Report on a re-inspection of the handling of Tier 4 sponsor licence compliance, October 2016
- Inspection report on Tier 4 sponsor licences, July 2015
- Response to the Independent Chief Inspector's report on Tier 4
- Analysis of the points-based system: Tier 2 and dependants
Policy and engagement
- Chapter 8, section 1: spouses
- Home Office response to the report 'A re-inspection of the handling of Tier 4 sponsor licence compliance, July 2016'
- Home Office response to the report on a short notice inspection of the Tier 4 curtailment process
- Chapter 8, section 2: civil partners