Youth Mobility Scheme
Sponsors Sponsors are fully responsible for the actions of any migrant they employ or teach and must ensure that migrants comply with their immigration conditions by keeping individual records and reporting any changes to UK BA e.g. that the individual fails to attend work/study. Employers who fail to comply with their responsibilities may have their licence downgraded or withdrawn. Licensed employers They are given either an A or a B rating and are added to UKBA’s published register of sponsors. A category B rating will be given where UKBA believe that the sponsor may be a risk to immigration control or to those employers who do not have robust HR systems in place to meet the sponsor’s obligations. COPYRIGHT © 2021 THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS A sponsor must: • prevent abuse of assessment procedures, • capture patterns of migrant behaviour which cause concern early, • address possible weaknesses in their processes or which cause those patterns and • monitor compliance with immigration rules. For further information contact the employer helpline on 0300 123 4699 or the Business Helpdesk at businesshelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. The Immigration Act 2016 introduced new measures to prevent illegal working in the UK and imposed further sanctions against employers who do not comply. Since April 2018 an employer who engages a person who does not have the right to live and work in the UK faces an additional penalty in the loss of the Employment Allowance for a period of one year. (See PART3: Employment Allowance for more details) A new code of practice was issued in February 2019 and at the time of writing this does not appear to have been updated. When the UK offically ceased membership of the EU at 23.00 GMT on 31 January 2020, the Government and the EU continued to work on new requirements for UK and EU nationals and the right to free movement and work between the two areas. A period of transition began the following day and ended at 23.00 GMT on 31st December 2020. Some aspects of the EU citizen right to live and work in the UK will continue until 30 June 2021 but essentially there is now no distinction between EU citizens and the rest of the world. No printing, copying or repr duction permitted. All of the rules for migrant workers, as they have applied previously to non-EU citizens remain unchanged but will soon fully apply to all EU citizens as well. YOUTH MOBILITY SCHEME The youth mobility scheme is for young people from participating countries and territories who want to come and experience life in the UK. Every year, the UK government allocates a number of places on the scheme for each country and territory. From 27 November 2008 those wishing to enter the UK under this scheme must meet criteria for the Youth Mobility Scheme as a tier 5, or T5, worker. Applicants may take up any work and can study as well but the main reason for their stay must not be to study. They must return home at the end of their stay. Eligibility is based
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