Home Office deadlines to respond are short, and what you say in your response can decide whether your licence is revoked. Contact us as soon as you receive a letter so a solicitor can review it straight away.
The Home Office can inspect sponsors at any time, with or without notice. If it finds breaches, it can downgrade, suspend or revoke your licence, and revocation normally means your sponsored workers lose their permission to work for you. Our solicitors help you find and fix problems first, and defend your licence if the Home Office acts.
A full rehearsal of a Home Office compliance visit, including key personnel and worker interviews and a file review.
Every sponsored worker file checked against Appendix D, with CoS details compared to real duties, pay and location.
Preparation for announced visits and guidance for your team if officers arrive unannounced.
Help completing the Home Office action plan so you can return to an A-rating.
Detailed written representations with evidence, submitted within the Home Office deadline.
Advice on challenging a decision, options for affected workers, and planning a future application.
We look at your SMS records, HR files and sponsored roles, or at the Home Office letter if action has started.
You get a prioritised list of gaps, with templates and practical steps to correct them and report where needed.
We prepare your team for visits and handle written responses to the Home Office on your behalf.
Read more in our guide: How to keep your sponsor licence.
Not always. Visits can be announced or unannounced, so it is safer to be audit-ready at all times.
You cannot assign new Certificates of Sponsorship until you complete a paid action plan, which currently costs £1,579 and lasts three months.
Their permission will normally be cut short, and they will need a new sponsor, a different route, or to leave the UK. You usually cannot reapply for 12 months.
No. Sponsor licences no longer need renewing, which makes regular internal compliance checks more important.
We do not accept Legal Aid clients. Solicitors in our network act for privately paying clients only. The initial discovery call is free; any legal work after that is charged at an agreed private fee. If you need Legal Aid, visit GOV.UK Legal Aid.