How do I sponsor a migrant?
Employing migrants
This section explains how you employ migrants, including the codes of practice for the sponsored skilled workers tier that you must use to meet the resident labour market test, and employ migrants from the shortage occupation list. It also includes how to issue and cancel certificates of sponsorship under the points-based system.
In this section:
- The codes of practice for the sponsored skilled workers tier
- How to employ migrants from the shortage occupation list
- How to meet the resident labour market test
- Sports governing bodies
- The certificate of sponsorship
- Issuing certificates of sponsorship
- The number of certificates you can issue
- How to cancel a certificate of sponsorship
- How long workers can stay for
You can create and assign certificates of sponsorship using the sponsorship management system.
See the section on costs to find out the fees for certificates of sponsorship.