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List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
On 30 September 2026, the Home Office suspended Buckinghamshire New University's Student sponsor licence.
On 30 September 2026, the Home Office suspended Buckinghamshire New…
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
List of documents that businesses and other organisations must provide with an application for a Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors must keep.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Introduction to using SMS for licensed sponsors.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
Statement and consent form to tell UK Visas and Immigration that you are no longer in your marriage or civil partnership.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Step-by-step guide to using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging into the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
Information to help employers and sponsors get the answers they need from the business helpdesk.
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes.
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
The following assistance is available to education institutions that hold a Student or Child Student route licence.
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