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List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
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List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of documents that businesses and education providers must provide with an application for a Student, Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.
General information on biometric residence permits for overseas applicants, employers and sponsors.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that businesses and educational institutions must keep.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor who is applying for a defined certificate of sponsorship (CoS)
Introduction to using SMS for licensed sponsors.
Statement and consent form to inform UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) that you are no longer in your marriage or civil partnership.
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
Step-by-step guide to applying for additional services and making renewal applications.
Information to help employers and sponsors get the answers they need from the business helpdesk.
A list of the immigration offences that can prevent you from getting a sponsorship licence.
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