Sponsor Licence Specialists

Specialists in obtaining a sponsor licence

Your organisation must have a valid sponsor licence to sponsor most types of skilled overseas nationals to work for you in the UK. In order to obtain a licence, you must apply to the Home Office. The application process, requirements and sponsor licence duties that must be met are not straightforward. Our experienced team can assist with all apects of the application process from preparing and submitting the application to dealing with what happens next if the application is either approved or refused.

Sponsor Management System

The Sponsor Management System (SMS) is the online system which licenced sponsors use to meet their sponsorship duties in line with Home Office guidance. You will need to appoint certain people to key roles within this Sponsor Management System and it is essential that these are the right people who have a thorough understanding of how to discharge their compliance duties. We can assist with Sponsor Management System training and we can act as a level 1 or level 2 user on your behalf to ensure you remain compliant. We can also take on various tasks such as applying for any necessary sponsor licence renewals.

Obtaining Certificates of Sponsorship

An employer must assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to confirm that the conditions of the relevant visa have been met before they sponsor a migrant worker. The worker needs this certification in order to apply for a work visa. However, the rules surrounding Certificates of Sponsorship are both complex and strict, and they vary depending on the type of certificate. Getting it wrong can result in serious penalties. Our team is able to assist with all aspects of this from advice on the type of Certificate of Sponsorship requirements to integrating the requirements into your existing processes and ensuring compliance.

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Our immigration team has considerable experience of all types of sponsor licences across a variety of sectors and including for skilled or long-term employment, and for temporary employment.

If you require advice or assistance with any aspect of your sponsor licence, contact us today

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Nighat Sahi

Partner

Nighat has been superb, very thorough and a very nice person too, I couldn’t recommend her highly enough. I am confident that I am safe in her hands.

Some advice to everyone out there is make sure that you have Nighat Sahi of RSW Law on your contact list, so you have someone to contact immediately if you need help. In over 30 years of running Interface Financial Planning I have never had to suffer a malicious court action before and I made the initial mistake of trying to deal with it myself. If I had passed this to Nighat on the day of receipt it would have saved a lot of stress and time.

Alan Moran, B.Sc. M.Soc.Sc. Cert.Ed. FPFS FSWW IMC CFPCM RLP® Chartered Financial Planner – Chartered FCSI, Interface Financial Planning Limited

Nighat Sahi

Partner

Nighat is an experienced solicitor who advises and represents both companies and individuals. She is a founding partner at RSW Law. With over 18 years of experience, she specialises in all key areas of employment law, business and in bound immigration work. She has been involved in numerous complex, high value and multi-faceted matters including complex injunctions, damages claims and high value negotiations in contractual disputes and severance packages.

Nighat’s experience includes litigation and representation at Employment or Immigration Tribunal level right through to the Court of Appeal, advice on best practice, procedures and policies, drafting key employment documents, managing grievances, disciplinary action and performance related concerns and lawful dismissals. Also an experienced immigration solicitor, Nighat has extensive knowledge of business immigration, placing employees across UK companies in addition to dealing with the Global Mobility Routes and selective family visas.

Clients value Nighat’s approach and find her highly organised, knowledgeable, and extremely personable. She takes a proactive approach, working to avoid problems in the first place. If the worst does happen, she works hard to resolve things in the most cost effective and timely way possible and you’ll find her down to earth and hands on.

Nighat is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, is the Current Chair of Kiran Support Services (a Charity – supporting the needs of women and children from the Indian sub-continent experiencing domestic violence and abuse) and acts for The Black-E (a Charity Education, Enthusiasm, Energy, Connecting artists and communities) on a pro bono basis.

Nighat has recently achieved a victory for a client in a speedy trial. The full Judgment can be read here: https://www.civillitigationbrief.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cheshire-v-Blanchfield.pdf

Outside of work, Nighat is a gym enthusiast, foody, loves her films, travelling and spends her time with her ten nephews and nieces.

Sponsor Licence Specialists

Specialists in obtaining a sponsor licence

Sponsor Management System

Obtaining Certificates of Sponsorship

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