Our immigration lawyers will review your policies and procedures to ensure that you are compliant with your sponsor licence duties and policies for right to work checks. We can also be retained to carry out functions of a Level 1 User on your sponsor licence.

UKVI can visit sponsors to assess their compliance. To help you to prepare for this, our immigration lawyers can conduct mock audits (on-site and remote). As part of our audit we will look at your HR practices and interview those involved in your sponsor licence management and recruitment. A report is then produced outlining the strengths and areas requiring improvement.

Our business immigration team is able to provide tailored training for their clients and can carry out these sessions in-person or remotely. Popular training includes: ‘How to carry out right to work checks’, ‘How to apply for a sponsor licence’, and ‘Sponsor licence compliance and preparing for UKVI visits’.

A sponsor licence refusal, suspension or revocation occurs when the Home Office has a concern about an organisation’s ability to comply with their sponsorship duties. However, they do get it wrong and we have successfully challenged poor decision making. Obtaining legal advice early is important.

We have advised a number of employers who have successfully challenged a civil penalty notice. We can help you review the Home Office case and advise on the merits of objecting. If required, we can draft representations in response to an information request or as part of your objection to the notice, we can also put forward mitigating factors.

Since the sponsor licence regime began in 2008, we have been advising organisations of all sizes to apply for a sponsor licence, add additional sub-categories to their licence, and to renew their existing sponsor licence. Our business immigration lawyers will work with you to compile the evidence in support of the sponsor licence application and handle the application process.