Guidance

Pre-licence priority service guidance

Guidance on the pre-licence priority service and how it allows sponsors to prioritise their application for a sponsor licence.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 19 August 2021
• Last updated: 11 November 2025
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  1. 11 November 2025

     Updated the fee for the priority service.

  2. 22 November 2024

     'How to apply' section updated.

  3. 10 March 2023

     Information added about which applications are not eligible for the priority service at the moment.

  4. 24 January 2023

     Updated the guidance.

  5. 21 September 2022

     Note added explaining that Global Business Mobility (GBM) UK Expansion Worker, Service Supplier Worker and Secondment Worker and Scale-up Worker applications are not eligible for priority at this moment.

  6. 23 August 2022

     Updated maximum number of priority service requests per day.

  7. 19 August 2021

     First published.

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Pre-licence priority service guidance

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It gives information to potential sponsors on:

• how to apply
• the fee for the service
• the service level agreement