Guidance

Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licensing: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on dealing with post-licence changes related to Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors.

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Worker and Temporary Worker points-based system sponsor licensing: maintenance

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on handling change of circumstance requests relating to Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors.

This includes information on:

  • processing a change request case

  • checking and requesting submission sheets and supporting evidence

  • requesting further evidence and information from a sponsor

  • what to do if a sponsor is non-cooperative

  • using Metastorm

  • checking license status and routes and reviewing license history

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Published 29 October 2013
Last updated 21 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Guidance updated to provide more information about checking genuineness, particularly of healthcare sponsors.

  2. Guidance updated to remove references to Intra-Company Transfer to reflect a change that was made in April 2022. A full list of the changes is on page 6 of the guidance.

  3. Updated guidance includes content changes to reflect the preferred receipt of supporting evidence digitally rather than hard copy form. Read the full list of changes in the 'Changes from last version of this guidance' section within the document.

  4. Guidance updated.

  5. First published.