Sponsor Licence Compliance UK

From the moment your sponsor licence is issued, you must comply with the sponsorship duties. These include the following: 

• Reporting duties
• Record-keeping duties
• Complying with immigration and wider UK laws 
• Not engaging in behaviour or actions contrary to the public good

Reporting Duties: 

Using the Sponsor Management System (SMS) you must report certain information to the Home Office such as if the sponsored worker does not attend work, they are absent for long periods of time or you stop sponsoring them. 

There may be other significant changes that you may need to report too such as if the worker’s job role changes or the salary reduces. On the other hand, you may experience changes in your company like a merger, acquisition or change in business address. You must keep the Home Office notified of any relevant changes and report them within a certain time period depending on the type of information you need to report. 

Record-Keeping Duties: 

A sponsor must keep certain records for their sponsored staff readily available in case the Home Office needs to request them. Sponsor companies will need to maintain right-to-work information such as proof of conducting right-to-work checks on the Home Office online system evidencing that they have verified the worker’s identity and immigration status. In addition, sponsors will need to keep records of recruitment practices such as details of the resident labour market test if required.

Complying With Immigration Laws: 

A sponsor company will also need to ensure that the sponsored employees are not working illegally and that they have valid permission to be in the UK.