SPONSOR LICENCE

You’ll usually need a sponsor licence to employ someone to work for you from outside the UK. This includes citizens of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland who arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020.

You must assign a certificate of sponsorship to each foreign worker you employ. This is an electronic record, not a physical document. Each certificate has its own number which a worker can use to apply for a visa

You must check that a job applicant is allowed to work for you in the UK before you employ them.

List of documents that businesses and education providers must provide with an application for a Student, Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.

The licence you need depends on whether the workers you want to fill your jobs are ‘Workers’ - for skilled or long-term employment or ‘Temporary workers’ - for specific types of temporary employment