How do I sponsor a migrant?
Compliance
This page explains the rules you must follow to comply with the law as a sponsor under the points-based system.
You must comply with the immigration laws and meet the following obligations:
- you must make sure the migrant who is coming to work is legally allowed to do the job, and has the right registration or professional accreditation where needed by law, and keep a copy of the registration document or certificate which you can give us if we ask. For example, if the migrant is coming to work as a doctor, you must make sure they have the right registration to allow them to practice as a doctor in the United Kingdom;
- you must not employ someone whose immigration status (or lack of status) does not allow them to do the job they are applying for, and you must stop employing someone who stops being allowed to work for any reason;
- you must only assign certificates of sponsorship to those who, to the best of your knowledge, meet the requirements of the tier or category they are applying under specified in the immigration rules, and who are likely to meet the conditions of their permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom.
See also
Terms explained
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Certificate of sponsorship
This is a virtual document (a unique reference number) that an organisation gives to migrants they want to employ, and that the migrant uses when applying.under the points-based system for coming to the United Kingdom to work, train or study. Also known as confirmation of acceptance for studies.
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Registration document or certificate
A document that confirms a person's qualifications to practice a certain profession.
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Registration or professional accreditation
Recognition by or registration with the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom that permit a person who gained their qualifications in another country to practice a certain profession in the United Kingdom.