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Business and work visas
Sponsor licences and sponsored work, setting up or expanding a business in the UK, and routes for people already here on business visas.
Sponsor licence
- Sponsor licence application How UK employers get a Home Office sponsor licence to hire workers from overseas, and what the Home Office checks. from £611Home Office fee
- Sponsor licence compliance The duties that come with a sponsor licence, the reporting deadlines, and how to prepare for a Home Office visit.
- Sponsor licence suspension and revocation What happens when the Home Office downgrades, suspends or revokes a sponsor licence, and how to respond. from £1,579Home Office fee
- Skilled Worker visa The main UK work visa: an eligible job with a licensed employer, with a route to settlement after five years. from £819Home Office fee
- Self-sponsored Skilled Worker visa Using a UK company you own to obtain a sponsor licence and sponsor yourself on a Skilled Worker visa. from £611Home Office fee
- UK Expansion Worker visa For senior staff sent by an overseas business to set up its first UK branch or subsidiary. from £340Home Office fee
Talent, innovation and temporary work
- Innovator Founder visa For founders setting up an innovative, viable and scalable business in the UK, with settlement possible after 3 years. from £1,357Home Office fee
- Global Talent visa For leaders and future leaders in research, the arts and digital technology. No job offer or sponsor needed. from £561Home Office fee
- Temporary Work: Creative and Sporting The Creative Worker visa for artists, performers and crew, and the International Sportsperson visa for elite athletes. from £340Home Office fee
- Frontier Worker permit For EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who live abroad but have worked in the UK since before 2021.
- Turkish Businessperson visa: extensions and settlement Extensions and settlement for Turkish businesspeople and workers already in the UK under the Ankara Agreement. from £3,226Home Office fee
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