The sponsor license scheme enables eligible UK businesses to recruit talent from outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Sponsor license holders are required to remain compliant at all times with the requirements of the Home Office in order to keep their license. Failure to do so may risk revocation or suspension of the license, or downgrading of your company’s sponsorship rating. As a London based law firm, our immigration team has helped many businesses of all types and sizes to have a decision by the Home Office to suspend or revoke their license overturned or reversed.

AQ Archers can help your business to:

• put in place systems required by the Home Office, including a compliant HR system
• train you on the use of the Home Office’s Sponsorship Management System (SMS)
• show you how to carry out Resident Labour Market Tests (RLMT)
• act in the role of key users on your behalf
• prove the genuineness of your vacancies
• pass random Home Office compliance visits
• have a decision to revoke, suspend, or downgrade reversed

Why may the Home Office suspend or revoke a sponsor license?

The Home Office may decide to suspend or revoke a sponsor license following a compliance visit, if they have reason to believe:

• you are not meeting your sponsorship obligations – including not recording key information regarding those you are sponsoring, and not reporting information back to the Home Office
• you do not have the necessary HR systems and procedures in place to meet your sponsorship obligations
• you or your activities pose a threat to immigration control
• migrants are not complying with the conditions of their leave to stay in the UK
• you no longer have a trading presence
• sponsored Tier 2 or 5 migrants were not recruited to fill genuine vacancies
• the information you provided on your sponsor licence application was inaccurate
• you are not complying with your obligations to prevent illegal working