FAQ Overseas Recruitment

populations. This list is updated annually and should be checked by prospective employers and can be found here. Answer 4 - Are a Sponsor License and Certificate of Sponsorship always required? Workers who present any one of the following visas will not need sponsorship and/or a CoS to work:

Ukraine schemes

Youth Mobility

Start-up

UK Ancestry

British National (Overseas)

Overseas Domestic Worker

Turkish Worker

Frontier Worker permit

European Union Settlement Scheme

PBS Dependants

• Students, Graduates and High Potential Individuals

Family routes and Private Life

Answer 5 - What are our responsibilities as a sponsor? Sponsors must monitor and report on their sponsored workers, maintain accurate records, and comply with immigration laws. Failure to fulfil these duties can result in penalties, including losing the sponsor license. Employers may be breaking the law if they fail to make all of the correct checks when employing international workers. All employers must undertake employment checks before any licence or certificate is applied for. This includes checking a person’s right to work https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-work and undertaking pre-employment checks. Employers must apply the same process for staff recruited from abroad as they would for staff recruited in the UK.

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