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Business immigration
Sponsor licences, hiring from overseas and business visas, handled by advisers who do this every week. Our business immigration work is led by our CEO, Raja Faizan Qaiser, an IAA regulated adviser.
Get your licence, hire the people you need and stay compliant.
How can we help your business?
Choose a service to find out more, or book a consultation and we will map the right routes for your company.
Find my routeSponsor licences
Everything you need to sponsor workers from overseas.
Compliance and protection
Keep your licence, and your workers, safe.
Hiring and moving staff
Bring the right people into your UK business.
Founders and talent
Routes for people building something in the UK.
Keep your sponsor licence safe
Getting a licence is the start. Missing a duty can lead to a downgrade, suspension or the loss of your licence, and your sponsored workers' visas with it.
- Keep up to date recordsFor every sponsored worker: right to work checks, contracts, salary, attendance and contact details.
- Report worker changes in timeChanges such as a worker not starting or leaving early are reported on the sponsor management system, usually within 10 working days.
- Report business changesChanges such as a new address, owner or key personnel are reported, usually within 20 working days.
- Keep to the job on the CoSSponsored workers must do the job, and be paid the salary, set out on their Certificate of Sponsorship.
- Be ready for compliance visitsThe Home Office can visit with or without notice. We help you prepare with audits and mock visits.
From consultation to compliant sponsor
A clear plan for your business and a fixed fee agreed before any work starts.
Business consultation
We learn about your business, the roles you need to fill and your timeline, then map the right routes.
Plan and fixed fee
We set out what you need, from key personnel to documents, with a fixed fee in writing.
Licence and hiring
We prepare your licence application, then your Certificates of Sponsorship and visa applications.
Compliance support
We help you keep to your sponsor duties, with audits, reporting and support when rules change.
Recent Home Office decisions
Real decisions for our business clients, with their details removed.
Who will advise your business
Our business immigration work is led by Raja Faizan Qaiser, with Neha Razzaq and our team behind every case.
Meet the whole teamClear fees, agreed first
Home Office fees, Certificate of Sponsorship fees and the Immigration Skills Charge are paid separately, straight to the Home Office.
All feesBusiness immigration consultation
£149Sponsor licences, hiring from abroad and business routes, mapped for your company.
Sponsor licence application
Fixed feeQuoted in writing after your consultation, before any work starts.
Sponsor compliance support
Quoted firstCertificates of Sponsorship, reporting duties, audits and mock compliance visits.
Business immigration: your questions
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly and an adviser will reply.
Do I need a sponsor licence to hire from overseas?
To sponsor workers on routes such as the Skilled Worker visa, yes. People who already have the right to work in the UK, such as British and Irish citizens and people with settled status, do not need sponsoring.
How long does a sponsor licence application take?
The Home Office decides most applications within 8 weeks. A priority service may be available for an extra fee. We prepare your documents first so the application is ready to go.
How long does a sponsor licence last?
A licence is valid for 10 years, and the Home Office no longer asks sponsors to renew every 4 years. You keep it as long as you meet your sponsor duties.
Can I sponsor myself?
In some cases, yes. You set up a genuine UK company, it gets a sponsor licence, and the company sponsors you as a Skilled Worker. The rules on who can manage the licence are strict, so we check your plan first.
What happens if my licence is downgraded or suspended?
Act quickly. We help you understand the Home Office concerns, put together an action plan and respond, so you can protect your licence and your workers.
How much does it cost?
A business immigration consultation costs £149. We then quote a fixed fee in writing before any work starts. Home Office fees, Certificate of Sponsorship fees and the Immigration Skills Charge are paid separately.
Talk to a business immigration adviser
A business immigration consultation costs £149. Full fees are quoted in writing before any work starts.
X Law's immigration lawyers and advisers help families, skilled workers and employers with UK immigration. Manchester office; meeting rooms in London and Birmingham by appointment.
X Law is a trading style of X Law Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 14358643). Regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA), registration F202200098. The IAA was formerly the OISC. Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), reference ZC293876.
Information on this website is general information only, not legal advice.