UK Sponsor Licence
How we help

Get licensed, and stay that way

Four pieces of work, in the order businesses actually need them. Prices are fixed, stated up front, and exclude VAT and Home Office fees.

BEFORE YOU APPLY
Licence readiness review
£350 + VAT

Credited against a full application if you go ahead

A straight answer on whether you would be granted today, and a list of what to fix if not.


Entity and suitability check against the eligibility tests

Role, occupation code and salary assessment for your first hire

HR systems gap analysis against the record-keeping duties

Written findings with a fix list, in priority order

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GETTING LICENSEDMOST CHOSEN
Full licence application
£1,500 + VAT

Excludes the Home Office fee

We prepare and submit the whole application, and handle UKVI from filing to decision.


Everything in the readiness review

Document pack assembled, checked and submitted

Key personnel nominated and briefed on their obligations

Pre-licence visit preparation, including a mock walkthrough

All UKVI correspondence handled until the decision

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YOUR FIRST HIRE
Licence plus first sponsored hire
£2,800 + VAT

Excludes Home Office and visa fees

The licence, the certificate and the worker's visa application, run as one piece of work.


Everything in the full licence application

Certificate of sponsorship requested and assigned

The worker's visa application prepared and submitted

Right to work check carried out and recorded correctly

12 months of compliance support from the grant date

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STAYING A-RATED
Ongoing compliance
From £180 + VAT

Per month. Rolling — cancel with 30 days' notice

The part employers forget to buy, and the reason most licences get into trouble.


Annual mock audit against the current UKVI framework

Reporting deadlines tracked and filed on your behalf

Right to work checks reviewed across the workforce

Key personnel changes handled when staff move on

Named adviser on call for anything UKVI sends you

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How we work

Four things we hold to

01
We will tell you not to apply

A refusal usually costs a 12-month cooling-off period on top of the fee. If you would be refused today, the useful answer is what to fix — not a faster submission.

02
Fixed fees, published

Every price is on this site. Nothing on it takes a payment, there is no checkout anywhere, and the engagement and fee are agreed in writing before any work starts.

03
The licence is the beginning

Most of what goes wrong for sponsors happens months after the grant. We would rather sell you a compliance retainer you barely use than handle a revocation you cannot appeal.

04
Regulated advice, not form filling

Immigration advice in the UK is a regulated activity. Ours is given by IAA-regulated advisers, and our registration details are published in full.

Regulation

Who you are dealing with

Shams Britvisa Lawyers Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 14182242. Immigration advice and services are provided under Immigration Advice Authority registration F202200117.

Immigration advice and services are provided by IAA-regulated immigration advisers. We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Home Office or UK Visas and Immigration.

Not sure whether you would be granted?

Tell us about the business and the role. An adviser will come back with whether you would be granted today, what it would cost, and what needs fixing first. Free, and no obligation.

Check your eligibility
Free eligibility check