UK Visas and Immigration has carried out enforcement action across the care sector, revoking or suspending sponsor licences where employers failed to meet compliance standards.
UKVI revokes hundreds of care sector sponsor licences
UK Visas and Immigration has conducted extensive enforcement activity in the UK care sector since 2023. Hundreds of sponsor licences have been revoked or suspended following compliance inspections that identified failures to meet sponsorship duties.
What this means for workers.
If your employer's sponsor licence is revoked, any Certificate of Sponsorship they issued becomes invalid. Workers who have already been granted visas may have their leave curtailed. Workers with pending applications will face automatic refusal.
Common compliance failures.
UKVI enforcement actions have addressed issues including: failure to maintain accurate records of sponsored workers, non-payment of required salaries, substandard accommodation provided as part of employment packages, and charging workers prohibited fees. These are breaches of sponsor licence conditions.
How to protect yourself.
Verify your employer's current licence status on the UKVI Register before accepting any position. The register is updated in real time. A licence that was active last month may have been revoked this month. SponsorShield checks the live register with every verification.
Some fraudulent CoS documents appear convincing at first glance. SponsorShield verifies your document against official UK government records: the UKVI Register of Licensed Sponsors, Companies House, and current UKVI salary requirements.
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