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Information for employers on the UK’s points-based immigration system.
Answers to frequently asked questions about bulk data transfers between sponsors' IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.
Archive guides to codes of practice for sponsoring skilled workers.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with post-licence changes related to Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for defined certificates of sponsorship (DCoS) under the points-based system (PBS).
Homes for Ukraine visa sponsorship scheme: How we use personal data.
Country and nationality codes that licensed sponsors need for bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a basic compliance assessment under Tier 4 of the points-based system (PBS).
Minimum income requirement for sponsorship under the family migration route, Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report.
Guidance explaining the licence sponsor suspension of Buckinghamshire New University and its effect on international students and workers.
Technical information for licensed sponsors using bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Archive code of practice you must follow if you want to sponsor a worker who is a dancer (in dance forms other than ballet).
Example files for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
Immigration staff guidance on the sponsorship priority service for Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors using the PBS.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Archive code of practice a licensed sponsor must follow to sponsor a worker to come to the UK as a performer in film and television.
Immigration staff guidance on sponsorship customer service standards.
Technical information for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
Archive code of practice you must follow if you want to sponsor a worker in ballet.
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