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List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
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List of documents that businesses and education providers must provide with an application for a Student, Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
General information on biometric residence permits for overseas applicants, employers and sponsors.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that businesses and educational institutions must keep.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor who is applying for a defined certificate of sponsorship (CoS)
Introduction to using SMS for licensed sponsors.
Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Global Business Mobility (GBM) routes.
Statement and consent form to inform UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) that you are no longer in your marriage or civil partnership.
The following assistance is available to education institutions that hold a Student or Child Student route licence.
Information to help employers and sponsors get the answers they need from the business helpdesk.
Step-by-step guide to applying for additional services and making renewal applications.
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
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