Guidance

Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a Charity Worker

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 9 December 2020
• Last updated: 8 April 2026
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  1. 8 April 2026

     Updated the guidance in line with the Immigration Rules changes which came into effect on 8 April 2026. A full list of changes can be found within the guidance.

  2. 9 April 2025

     The guidance has been updated to reflect a change to the Immigration Rules coming into force on 9 April 2025, more details can be found within the guidance.

  3. 12 April 2023

     The guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules that came into force on 12 April 2023. A full list of the changes is in the document.

  4. 11 April 2022

     Updated guidance for sponsoring a Charity Worker for use on or after 11 April 2022.

  5. 15 February 2022

     Guidance updated to reflect the ending of the fee concession for CESC nationals.

  6. 11 October 2021

     Updated to reflect the immigration rules changes on 11 October 2021. Read the full list of changes in the 'Changes from last version of this guidance' section of the document.

  7. 25 February 2021

     Added HTML version.

  8. 9 December 2020

     First published.

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Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a Charity Worker (accessible)

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Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a Charity Worker

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Details

This document provides information for charitable organisations on how to sponsor a worker on the Charity Worker (Temporary Worker) route.

The Charity Worker route is for voluntary workers who wish to come to the UK to do unpaid work for a charitable organisation for a maximum period of 12 months.