Sponsor licence resources for UK employers.
Topic hubs, in-depth guides, printable checklists, and live webinars. Built for HR teams, founders, and operations leads who need clear answers, not legal theatre.
Start with the topic, drill into the answer.
Eight hubs covering every part of sponsor licence application, compliance, hiring, audits, and the deadlines that catch employers out. Each hub leads into structured sub-topics and long-form articles.
Global Hiring Strategy
For scaling teams: how to plan international hiring across visa routes, salary bands, and operational cadences without breaking compliance.
Explore hub →Hiring International Workers
Skilled Worker route, Health and Care Worker visa, salary thresholds, immigration skills charge — the practical employer playbook.
Explore hub →Home Office Audits
Pre-audit preparation, what to expect during a visit, how to respond to findings, and the remediation playbook if things go wrong.
Explore hub →Immigration Compliance
Statutory duties, civil penalties, record-keeping rules and the regulatory changes that affect every employer hiring internationally.
Explore hub →Legal Deadlines
Reporting duties, CoS expiries, visa renewals, RTW recheck dates — every deadline that matters for employers, in one place.
Explore hub →Sponsor Compliance
Stay audit-ready. Day-to-day duties, record-keeping, reporting, and the warning signs of suspension before they become revocation.
Explore hub →Sponsor Licences
Everything UK employers need to apply for, maintain, and defend a sponsor licence — from first application through Home Office audits to refusals.
Explore hub →Starting a Business in the UK
For founders and overseas firms setting up in the UK with international hiring in mind from day one.
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Long-form guides for UK sponsors and employers.
Detailed, plain-English walkthroughs of the most important sponsor licence and compliance topics.
The Complete Sponsor Licence Playbook for UK Employers
End-to-end guide for UK employers planning to apply for a sponsor licence — eligibility, evidence, process, costs, and what to expect post-approval.
Sponsor Compliance: A Practical Duty Framework
How to operate sponsor duties day-to-day — record keeping, reporting, monitoring, key personnel responsibilities, and the systems that keep your licence safe.
The Skilled Worker Route: An Employer's Guide
Eligibility, salary thresholds, SOC codes, CoS process, and what employers need to know about hiring under the UK's main sponsored work route.
Printable checklists you can actually use.
One-page checklists for application preparation, compliance self-audits, and operational readiness.
Sponsor Licence Application Document Checklist
Every document the Home Office typically expects in a sponsor licence application — grouped by category, with notes on format and freshness.
Sponsor Compliance Quick Audit Checklist
A self-audit checklist for licensed sponsors — record-keeping, SMS, reporting, key personnel, and right to work. Use it quarterly.
Live sessions and Q&A.
Free webinars covering sponsor licence essentials, compliance, and audit readiness. Live Q&A with Harveys Legal at the end.
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