Sponsor License Compliance & Appeals Solicitors

As a sponsor licence holder, you are required to comply with numerous duties and responsibilities. Failure to comply may lead to the suspension or revocation of your sponsor licence, which could negatively impact your business operations and place your sponsored workers in a vulnerable position.

Suspension

The Home Office may suspend your sponsor licence if they have concerns that you have not complied with your sponsor duties. You will be required to respond to the Home Office’s allegations within 20 working days. If the Home Office are not satisfied with the response, your sponsor licence will be revoked. Consequently, you will no longer be permitted to sponsor your current sponsored workers.

Our solicitors can assist with your response to the Home Office. With our extensive experience successfully responding to suspensions, we know that it is crucial that the response is comprehensive and most importantly, demonstrates that you will maintain compliance with your sponsor duties in the future.

Revocation

The Home Office may revoke your sponsor licence immediately if they are satisfied that you have committed a serious breach of your sponsor duties or if your sponsor licence was suspended and their initial concerns were not alleviated. Following the revocation, sponsored workers may find it difficult to continue their roles.

Our solicitors can assist with challenging your sponsor licence revocation. With our extensive experience successfully challenging sponsor licence revocations, we know that it is crucial to act quickly, analyse the allegations (as the Home Office can make errors) and submit detailed, robust and comprehensive representations, along with supporting evidence.

Mock audits

Sponsor compliance is best managed proactively rather than reactively. We assist our clients with mock audits, which includes reviewing HR systems, policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance. If there is an issue, we identify it before it becomes critical, provide solutions and advise on best practice going forward.