UK immigration route hub

Employers & sponsors

Sponsor licences, compliance duties, right-to-work checks and sponsored recruitment.

Foundational guides

Understand the main published routes

Choose a guide to see the route’s purpose, important features and current official source. This is not a personal eligibility assessment.

Permission for an eligible UK organisation to sponsor qualifying workers.

The checks UK employers should complete before employment and, where required, during employment.

An electronic sponsorship record assigned by a licensed employer to an eligible worker.

Confirm before you act

Use our guide to understand the landscape, then read the current official page for the route and application location.