Seasonal Worker Visa UK Guide 2026
Section A: What is the UK Seasonal Worker Visa? The UK Seasonal Worker Visa is a temporary visa allowing foreign nationals to work in certain sectors in the UK for a limited period. It is one of a number of temporary work visas currently available to foreign workers and replaced the previous Temporary […]
Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence Guide 2026
Section A: What is a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence? The Skilled Worker visa (previously known as the Tier 2 General) remains the main route for employing overseas skilled professionals under the UK’s points‑based system. A sponsor licence is required by a UK employer to sponsor non-UK resident workers under the Skilled Worker route. This […]
Sponsorship Visa UK Guide for Employers 2026
Section A: UK Sponsorship Visa Overview A Sponsorship Visa allows foreign nationals to work in the UK for an employer with a valid sponsor licence, where the employer can show a genuine vacancy that meets the required skill and salary thresholds. The wider visa sponsorship system is designed to allow UK employers to […]
UK Visa & Transit Rules 2026
Section A: Overview of UK Visa & Transit Requirements 2025 Travelling through or into the UK in 2025 requires an understanding of the Immigration Rules and the updated framework administered by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). While Brexit fundamentally changed the position of EU nationals, the more important development for 2025 is the […]
Employment Case Law Update 2025 Round Up
Higgs v Farmor’s School February 2025 In Higgs v Farmor’s School, Kristie Higgs, a Christian pastoral administrator at Farmor’s School in Gloucestershire, was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2019 after sharing Facebook posts critical of LGBTQ+ relationship education in primary schools. Her posts, shared on her personal account, expressed concerns about teaching “gender […]
Employment Rights Bill Clears Lords Stage
Employment Rights Bill Clears House of Lords With the Lords now allowing the Employment Rights Bill to proceed, the focus shifts away from whether the reforms happen and toward when they take effect, how they are staged and how the government chooses to ‘operationalise’ them. Employers should assume therefore that 2026 will bring […]
CoS Allocation Priority Service UK Guide
Section A: What is the CoS Allocation Priority Service The Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) allocation priority service is a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) facility that allows A-rated sponsor licence holders to obtain additional undefined CoS more quickly than through the standard process. Officially known as the Home Office priority change of circumstances […]
Increase in Immigration Skills Charge from 16 Dec 2025
Immigration Skills Charge Increase from 16 December 2025 The Immigration Skills Charge is a mandatory fee paid by most UK employers when sponsoring overseas workers under either the Skilled Worker or the Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker visa routes. The charge is paid up front when a Certificate of Sponsorship is […]
Self Sponsorship Visa UK Cost Guide
Section A: Planning for Self Sponsorship Visa Costs The self sponsorship visa route enables individuals to apply for a Skilled Worker visa by establishing or working within a UK company that holds a sponsor licence. Unlike traditional employer-led sponsorship, the applicant arranges for the sponsoring entity to be set up or controlled by […]
How to Sponsor Someone in the UK | 2026 Licence & Process
Section A: How to Sponsor Someone to Work in the UK Sponsoring a worker in the UK is not as simple as issuing a job offer. Employers must hold Home Office approval in the form of a sponsor licence before they can lawfully recruit most overseas nationals who do not already have permission […]