REGISTERING AS A SPONSOR
If your company wants to employ a non-EEA worker with no permit to legally work in the United Kingdom, you must register as a sponsor
Categories
- Tier 2 General worker category is to employ a non-EEA skilled worker offered a job in the UK that can’t be filled by an already settled worker
- Tier 2 Inter-company transfer category is in case you are a multi-national employer with a UK branch and transferring a worker already employed in the company
Eligibility
- The job you are assigning to the migrant worker must match a description mentioned at Shortage Occupation List
- You can register as a sponsor if you can prove that you are a functioning business with a sustainable financial status to employ a non-EEA skilled migrant worker
- You must obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)
- Running a Residential Labour Market Test is required
Sponsorship Allocation
- After you complete your application for a CoS, a panel will decide if you are eligible
- There is a quota on CoS, therefore the panel will be selective in their decision
- The quota given to you by the panel can be allocated to the skilled migrant the company decided to employ
