- Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: Visa data by country, upper and lower tier local authority
- Responses to reports by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
- Kenya: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visa
- Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT)
- Reporting worker activity: SMS guide 9
Business and study immigration
Latest from UKVI on visas and entry clearance
Latest on business and study routes
- Increasing numbers of sponsored migrant workers are being exploited in the UK
- Migration Advisory Committee recommends shortage occupation list is abolished
- How to apply for a UK Expansion Worker visa
- What is the immigration skills charge?
- How to apply for a religious work visa
Key posts on business visas
A very short introduction to the new Points Based Immigration System
2nd December 2020
How to apply for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence
7th April 2021
How to apply for a Skilled Worker visa
4th December 2020
How to apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa
13th April 2023
Latest on Skilled Worker visas
- Migration Advisory Committee recommends shortage occupation list is abolished
- Statement of changes HC 1496: asylum, EU Settlement Scheme, and restrictions on students
- Home Office U-turns on reporting hybrid working
- How much does it cost to sponsor someone for a UK work visa?
- Frontline carers are eligible for work permits from today: six things to bear in mind
Guidance and resources on endorsed routes
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Innovator visa applications
- List of organisations that can endorse someone for an Innovator visa.
- Notes for Global Talent visa applicants
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Global Talent visa applications
- Information from the Royal Society on the Global Talent route
- Information from the Arts Council on the Global Talent route
- Information from Tech Nation on the Global Talent route
Guidance and resources on sponsored work routes
- Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Skilled Worker
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Skilled Worker applications
- Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker in the Global Business Mobility route
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Intra-Company transfer applications
- Handbook for civil servants deciding sponsor licence renewals
- Handbook for civil servants on reviewing and monitoring sponsors
- Handbook for civil servants on compliance visits to sponsors
- Supporting documents for sponsor licence applications
- List of immigration offences that can prevent employers from getting a sponsor licence
- List of civil penalties that can prevent employers from getting a sponsor licence
- Guidance for sponsors on keeping documents
- The official list of shortage roles
Key posts on sponsor licences
How to apply for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence
7th April 2021
Briefing: how to apply for a student sponsor licence
21st June 2021
Guidance for sponsors updated: start dates, working hours, and pay
10th November 2022
Latest on students
- TLScontact in unsuccessful challenge to new Home Office contract
- ‘Minded to cancel’ process applies to dishonesty allegations at the UK border
- Statement of changes HC 1496: asylum, EU Settlement Scheme, and restrictions on students
Latest on temporary workers
- Seasonal Workers face ongoing exploitation as government shows little interest in enforcement
- The UK Youth Mobility visa
- Government Authorised Exchange: one visa, 40 options
Guidance and resources on student visas
- Notes for Student and Child Student visa applicants
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Student and Child Student visa applications
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Parent of a Child Student visa applications
- Notes on how to apply for a student sponsor licence
- Handbook for civil servants deciding short term study visa applications
Guidance and resources on temporary work routes
- General handbook for civil servants deciding temporary work visa applications
- Handbook for civil servants deciding Youth Mobility visa applications
- Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Government Authorised Exchange worker
- List of government authorised exchange schemes
- Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring an International Agreement worker
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Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.
- Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Creative Worker
- Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a seasonal worker
Increasing numbers of sponsored migrant workers are being exploited in the UK
A new report comes with a stark warning: “As the number of sponsored migrant workers rises every quarter, the issue of migrant labour exploitation is only likely to increase”. Work Rights Centre, a charity that works to support migrants and disadv ...
14th November 2023Migration Advisory Committee recommends shortage occupation list is abolished
The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that the shortage occupation list is abolished and that people in the asylum system with permission to work are allowed to work in any role. These are some of the recommendations in the full review of t ...
4th October 2023How to apply for a UK Expansion Worker visa
The UK Expansion Worker visa is part of the Global Business Mobility route. It enables overseas businesses seeking to expand into the UK to temporarily assign senior managers and specialist employees, including business owners, to the UK to establish ...
25th August 2023What is the immigration skills charge?
The immigration skills charge is an additional fee payable by a sponsoring employer when a certificate of sponsorship is issued prior to a worker beginning their employment. The sponsor is required to pay the immigration skills charge and cannot pass ...
4th August 2023How to apply for a religious work visa
The UK has two sponsored work routes for religious workers: the T2 Minister of Religion visa for those with a key leading role in their faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK, and the temporary Religious Worker visa for those who suppor ...
2nd August 2023How to apply for a Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker visa
The Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker visa route is for overseas workers who are undertaking temporary assignments in the UK. The worker must be seconded to the UK as part of a high value contract or investment by their employer overseas. Th ...
17th July 2023