Sponsor Licence Management

With constantly changing immigration legislation and regulations, employers often struggle to keep on top of sponsor licence management and reporting duties. Our team of experienced immigration solicitors will manage the entire Tier 2 sponsorship process for you, working with you to ensure a successful A-rated licence is granted.

JMW can assist with every aspect of the application procedure, including the management and administration of the sponsor management system, as well as acting as the key contact and level 1 user for employers.

To speak to a solicitor about how we can help you manage your sponsor licence responsibilities, contact us by calling 0345 872 6666, or fill in our online enquiry form and we will get back to you.

Our Sponsor Licence Management Services

We can help you manage your sponsor licence duties from the beginning. Our services include:

• An audit of your HR policies and procedures around each of the five areas outlined in the Home Office guidance. This includes randomly sampling personnel files, reviewing HR on-boarding and tracking processes to ensure appropriateness for your organisation, and compliance with the new points-based system (PBS).
• A detailed report highlighting risk areas and summarising our best practice recommendations to ensure compliance. In our experience, many companies prefer to have us visit, wherever possible, and go through their systems and discover any problems rather than the Home Office.
• Advice and help to resolve any gaps and a revised report ready for submission to the Home Office.
• Processing your application and gathering supporting documentation for successful sponsor registration.
• Ongoing support for you and your HR professionals to ensure that you remain fully compliant with the stringent regulations at all times.
• Updating the Sponsor Management System on your behalf as and when required.
• Requesting additional certificates from the Home Office on your behalf.
• Issuing certificates of sponsorship (CoS) on your behalf for individuals who have been offered a job.
• Assistance for your employees in obtaining entry clearance/leave to remain once a CoS has been issued.
• Advice on the Resident Labour Market Test (advertising) requirements. 

If you find that your licence has been downgraded to a B-rating, and is at risk of being withdrawn, we can help you implement the action plan outlined by the Home Office.

Why Choose JMW?

We are a top 100 UK law firm with over 500 employees based in London, Manchester and Liverpool. We are large enough to have the high professional standards that you would expect from an established law firm whilst also retaining the client accessibility more typical of smaller firms.

Our immigration solicitors are not only experts in business immigration law but they also specialise in Tier 2 of the points-based system (PBS) with substantial experience of Tier 2 compliance. Tier 2 compliance is a delicate area where specialist knowledge and extensive experience are essential in avoiding an adverse result.

Our approach is to form a strategic partnership with you to become your trusted business immigration advisers. We will take into consideration your particular circumstances and advise on appropriate actions to take. We will always ensure sponsor licences are kept up to date should there be any developments in immigration law.

If you want to know more about the process of obtaining a sponsor licence and how we can help you, download our Guide to Employing Overseas Workers brochure.