Skilled Worker (Tier 2 General) Certificate of Sponsorship

Further detail

Detailed information about our Certificate of Sponsorship service

Our team of highly experienced immigration specialists and lawyers can advise on every aspect of your application for a Certificate of Sponsorship, and assist your prospective employee in their visa application after the certificate has been allocated.

There are 1000’s of allocated certificates available each year, divided into monthly allocations (this is detailed in the Sponsor Guidance) and are processed on the monthly basis.

Applications for a Certificate of Sponsorship can be made for skilled workers (previously Tier 2 (General)) who are applying from inside or outside the UK, will be employed to a vacancy which fulfils the financial requirements, and are not in an inward investment post family members (dependants) of Tier 4 migrants who are switching within the UK to a Tier 2 visa.

You must apply for restricted certificates for these workers via the Sponsor Licence.

The team can ask a sponsor to provide further evidence in order to consider the CoS request, in which case they will set a deadline to submit the further evidence. If the evidence isn’t submitted by this date, the request will automatically be considered in the next month’s allocation.

In 2021, new immigration changes came into effect which ended free movement between the UK and the EU. Under these new rules, there were some changes to the Certificate of Sponsorship guidelines. For individuals from outside of the EU, the rules have remained largely the same. The main change is for individuals coming to the UK from the EU on a Skilled Worker Visa. These individuals will now also require sponsorship from their employer in order to secure their Skilled Worker Visa and take up a role in the UK.

Our team at Westkin can advise on all aspects of sponsorship for skilled workers and minimise the risk of any errors occurring along the way that may delay your projected timescales for your new hire to start with you by your target start date. Find out more about our services for businesses.

For further information on Certificates of Sponsorship, or for assistance with compliancy when hiring foreign workers for your business, please get in touch.