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Compliance and Audit Services

The Home Office is focused on the "Compliant Environment"- our role is to ensure that sponsors are secure

Navigating complex Sponsor Licence guidance can be difficult with the Government producing a complex series of duties and obligations enforced by a draconian set of sanctions.

Right to work checks and dismissals

We help employers maintain their integrity with the Home Office, keeping their data secure and ensuring continuing status as an A-Rated sponsor of skilled workers and foreign students.

Compliance and Auditing Services

Over the last few years the Home Office has increasingly devolved aspects of immigration control to the beneficiaries of the sponsorship schemes. For Tier 2 sponsors of skilled workers and Tier 4 sponsors of overseas students the Government has produced a complex series of duties and obligations enforced by a draconian set of sanctions.

Issues include:

• Prevention of Illegal Working Regulations
• Skilled Worker Record Keeping
• Student Record Keeping
• Monitoring and Reporting Obligations
• Understanding Immigration Documentation
• Preparing for Home Office Compliance Visits
• Responding to Licence Revocations
• Mock Audits
• Training on Sponsorship Management

News

WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT – Jordan added to the visa national list

Nationals of Jordan required to obtain visitor visas prior to entering the UK Electronic Travel Authorisation no longer available Only a small number of existing ETAs may be used no later than 3pm BST on 8 October 2024   AS OF 3 PM BST today 10 September 2024 nationals of Jordan will no longer be…

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Spotlight on EMEA Series: Ireland

Commencing on 2nd September 2024 the Irish Government has signed into legislation the Employment Permits Act 2024. Employers should note these changes and ensure that they make the necessary adjustments for any impact on sponsored employees.  The changes are largely seen as positive and remove several administrative burdens for employers.  In a bid to ensure…

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Home Office Error with Going Rate Thresholds

As part of Skilled Worker visa application process, sponsors are required to assign each role to the appropriate code using the Standard Occupational Classification (“SOC”) system. Each code sets a salary threshold known as the “going rate”. In April 2024, the Home Office implemented a revised SOC 2020 list, in line with the changes to…

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