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A list of the immigration offences that can prevent you from getting a sponsorship licence.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence.
Guidance about the premium customer service for employers, explaining the benefits, costs, eligibility and how to apply.
The following assistance is available to education institutions that hold a Student or Child Student route licence.
How accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers can recruit trainees who are not UK or Irish nationals.
Visa data by local authority in separate tables for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Chapter 8, section 1 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with spouses under the family members transitional arrangements.
A list of the civil penalties that can prevent you from getting or keeping your sponsorship licence.
The law on illegal working and your duty as an employer.
A step-by-step guide to creating a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS). This document should be viewed with the SMS guide 4.
Use this step-by-step guide if you are a sponsor using miscellaneous certificate of sponsorship (CoS) functions.
Information about applications submitted as the family member of a person who is living permanently in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to carry out sponsor visits before and after licences are issued.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a Creative Worker sponsor managing groups of certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Information for employers on the UK’s points-based immigration system.
A step-by-step manual to reporting student activity.
Information to help educational institutions get the answers they need from the educators helpdesk.
Archive guides to codes of practice for sponsoring skilled workers.
A step-by-step manual to using miscellaneous confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) functions.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people who wish to come to the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme visa category.
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