Sponsor Licence Duties: A Checklist For Employers

In this post we look at the duties imposed on employers and organisations that hold a sponsor licence to sponsor workers under the Worker and Temporary Worker routes of the UK immigration system.   We also set out below a checklist for sponsors of workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker routes on how to fulfil their sponsorship duties. For information on how to make a sponsor licence application, please refer to our previous post here.

Sponsor Licence Duties and Responsibilities

Licensed sponsors have the following duties:

• Reporting duties - sponsor licence holders must report certain information or events to the Home Office using the SMS within time limits;
• Record-keeping duties - sponsors must keep certain documents for each worker you sponsor;