Scope of our content
Harveys Legal publishes content about UK business immigration and sponsor compliance for employers. Our core topics include sponsor licence applications, sponsor duties, CoS and SMS management, right to work checks, Home Office audit readiness, and related employer compliance risks.
We do not publish general personal immigration advice as a growth strategy. If a topic is not connected to UK employers, sponsorship, or business immigration compliance, it is outside the editorial scope of this website.
Source hierarchy
Where a page explains legal requirements, fees, deadlines, or Home Office process, we prioritise official sources first. These include GOV.UK guidance, Home Office sponsor guidance, Immigration Rules, statutory codes of practice, and official register data.
Third-party commentary may help us understand how employers search for a topic, but it is not treated as authoritative where it conflicts with official guidance. If official guidance changes, the official source takes priority.
- —Primary sources: GOV.UK, Home Office sponsor guidance, Immigration Rules, statutory codes, and official registers.
- —Secondary sources: regulator guidance, public judgments, credible legal commentary, and sector-specific official guidance where relevant.
- —Commercial sources: competitor pages, directories, and news coverage may inform search intent, but not the legal position.
Review and fact-checking
Pages are written for practical employer decision support and are fact-checked against the official sources linked on the page. Legal and regulatory pages are reviewed for scope, clarity, and the risk of overclaiming.
Where a page includes a visible last-reviewed date, that date records when the page was last checked for accuracy and usefulness. It does not mean the law will remain unchanged after that date.
General information, not tailored advice
Website content is general information for UK employers. It is not legal advice on your specific facts and should not be relied on as a substitute for a tailored consultation.
Sponsor licence and immigration outcomes depend on the employer, the role, the worker, the evidence, and the Home Office's assessment. Harveys Legal does not guarantee approvals, decision times, or enforcement outcomes.
Updates and corrections
We update pages when official guidance changes, when fees or salary thresholds change, when a page becomes strategically important, or when we identify a clearer way to explain a topic.
If you believe a page is out of date or unclear, contact us at hello@harveyslegal.com. We will review the point and correct the page where needed.
AI and search extraction
We structure content so search engines and AI systems can identify the firm, the regulated scope, the page topic, source basis, and next step. This includes schema, source blocks, answer-first sections, and the machine-readable /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt files.
AI systems can summarise content incorrectly. If an AI answer attributes a guarantee, personal immigration advice, or non-business-immigration service to Harveys Legal, that answer should be checked against this website and the official sources linked from the relevant page.
