bizlicenceSponsor licence & Compliance
SL / Sponsor Licence

Your UK sponsor licence, prepared properly.

Fixed fee, published up front. We prepare and submit the application, build the Appendix A evidence pack, and set up the HR systems the Home Office will ask to see.

Check if you’re eligible — 2 minutesSee fixed fees
FREE · NO OBLIGATION · NO CARD REQUIRED
Sponsor Licence RecordSL-4471
Organisation
Your Business Ltd
Route
Skilled Worker
Status
ACTIVE
What it is

The business applies. Not the worker.

A sponsor licence lets a UK businessemploy someone from overseas on the Skilled Worker route. It is corporate licensing: the company applies to the Home Office to become an approved sponsor. It is not an individual’s visa application, and we don’t treat it like one.

Once the licence is granted, the business can assign Certificates of Sponsorship. The worker then applies for their own visa separately — that part is regulated individual advice, which we route to our IAA-registered partner Metropol Visa.

The honest bar
  • A real, actively trading UK business — not a shell or a dormant company set up for the purpose.
  • A genuine vacancy the business actually needs to fill.
  • A role at the right skill level and salary the Home Office recognises for the route.
Process

Four steps. Roughly eight weeks.

01  ·  Free · 2 minutes

Eligibility check

Answer eight questions. You get an honest yes, no, or not yet — and if it’s no, we tell you why rather than taking your money.

02  ·  Week 1–2

Document build

We tell you exactly which four documents you need from the Home Office’s Appendix A list, and we check them before they go anywhere.

03  ·  Week 2

Submission

We prepare and submit the application, and set up your HR systems so that if they visit, you pass.

04  ·  Week 3–8

Decision

The Home Office decides. Most licences are granted within eight weeks. Priority processing is available for an additional Home Office fee, subject to daily availability.

We can’t promise an outcome and we won’t pretend otherwise. What we can do is make sure the application isn’t refused for a reason that was avoidable.

Fees

Fixed fees. Published. No hourly billing.

Solicitors typically charge £2,000–£5,000 for the same work, billed hourly. We publish our fees because you shouldn’t have to ring someone to find out what something costs.

Essentials
£1,200
StandardPopular
£1,800
Premium
£2,500
Application prepared & submitted
Document & evidence pack review
HR compliance system setup
Key personnel briefing
Pre-submission mock audit
3 months post-grant support
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Home Office fees are separate.

The Home Office charges £611 (small or charitable sponsors) or £1,682 (medium and large sponsors) for a sponsor licence, plus an Immigration Skills Charge per sponsored worker per year. These are paid directly to UKVI, not to us. You can apply yourself at gov.uk — our fee is for preparation, evidence review and compliance support. Fees change; we confirm the current figure in writing before you commit.

Also available:Compliance retainer & annual mock audit — £1,200–£2,000/yr·UK Expansion Worker package — £2,000–£2,800·Licence refused or revoked? — priced case by case
All-in cost breakdown

What it costs, all in — not just our slice.

Our feefrom £1,200
Home Office licence fee£611 or £1,682
Certificate of Sponsorshipper worker
Immigration Skills Charge£480 or £1,320 / yr per worker
= Estimated all-in totalfrom £2,291

Illustrative for a small sponsor with one worker for one year (our Essentials fee £1,200 + Home Office licence £611 + one year Immigration Skills Charge £480, plus the Certificate of Sponsorship fee). Your figure depends on your size and how many workers you sponsor. Home Office fees are set by UKVI and change; we confirm the current numbers in writing before you commit.

Eligibility

Not every business can sponsor. Here’s the honest test.

You probably can if
You're a UK-registered business, actively trading
You have a UK bank account and a UK business address
The role is RQF Level 6 (degree level) or on the Temporary Shortage List
You can pay at least £41,700, or the going rate — whichever is higher
You have someone who can act as Authorising Officer
You probably can’t, yet, if
The business is a shell, dormant, or has no UK trading evidence
The role is below degree level and not on the shortage list
You're trying to sponsor yourself without genuine business substance — the Home Office looks for exactly this, and refuses it
You have unspent convictions or an adverse immigration history
Find out in two minutes →
Related routes

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Questions

Sponsor licence, answered honestly.

No. A sponsor licence application is made by your business, about your business — it isn't an immigration application by an individual, so it doesn't need a lawyer. What it needs is someone who knows what evidence the Home Office wants and how they read it. If your case involves a refusal, a revocation, or an appeal, we'll tell you to get a solicitor and help you find one.

Two minutes will tell you whether this is worth your time.

Eight questions. No card, no call, no sales sequence you have to unsubscribe from. You’ll get a straight answer and a fee you can actually plan around.

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