How To Apply & Get Sponsor Licence

SKILLED WORKER SPONSOR LICENCE

To employ migrant workers on work permits in the UK, employers must first obtain an authorisation from the Home Office called 'Sponsor licence' and be on the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors: Workers. To get the sponsor licence, organisations need to apply to the Home Office by completing an online application form and submitting the required specified information and documents.

TYPES OF SPONSOR LICENCE

Skilled Worker sponsor licence is by far the most commonly used type of licence by UK employers. Other common sponsor licence category is the 'Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker'  (it used to be called Intra Company Transfer (ICT), but the GMB- SSW (former ICT) licence can only be obtained by multinational companies to transfer staff to the UK from their offices in other countries.