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Sponsorship Licence for Employers
Businesses or educational institutions usually need a sponsor licence to employ someone to work for you from outside the UK.
You’ll usually need a sponsor licence to employ someone to work for you from outside the UK. This includes citizens of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland who arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020.
This includes unpaid work, like running a charity.
You will not need a licence to sponsor certain groups, for example:
Irish citizens
those with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme
those with indefinite leave to remain in the UK
Read more about who does not need sponsorship.
Sponsoring someone does not guarantee that they’ll get a visa to work for you in the UK.
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