Sponsor Compliance Hub
The essentials of sponsor licence compliance. Start with the duties.
The licence is not a project. It is a set of ongoing duties.
The Home Office does not ask whether you have a tracker. It asks whether you can show that each duty was met, for each worker, when something changed. Start from the duty, then pick the page that matches the work.
- Know the worker — one current record for the whole sponsorship.
- Notice the change — salary, hours, location, permission and evidence move.
- Keep the proof — filed against the duty it supports, not a shared drive.
- Be able to show it — tomorrow, not after a week of reconstruction.
The duties
8 areasSponsored workers
Sponsorship lasts years. The record has to stay current for the whole period, not just the first day.
Salary
A sponsored salary can fall below the requirement without anyone cutting pay. Hours, occupation and going rate all move the position.
Right to Work
The check is more than a visa expiry date. Route, evidence, follow-up and Employer Checking Service cases all have to stay attached to the worker.
Reporting
Ordinary HR activity can start a working-day countdown. Worker changes are usually 10 working days; organisation changes usually 20.
Records and Appendix D
Having documents is not the same as holding the right evidence, against the right worker, in a form you can produce on request.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Allocation, unused CoS, assignment and the evidence behind the role all have to stay connected to the worker they belong to.
Genuine vacancy
A sponsored role has to be a real vacancy. Recruitment evidence has to stay attached to the CoS and the worker, not in a separate folder.
Visit readiness
Compliance visits can be unannounced. Readiness is the state of the records today, not a project started when a letter arrives.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What are the core sponsor licence duties?
Licensed sponsors must keep sponsored-worker records current, pay the required salary, complete Right to Work checks, report certain changes within working-day deadlines, keep Appendix D evidence, manage Certificates of Sponsorship and key personnel, and be able to produce those records on request.
Is this page immigration advice?
No. It is a map of the operational duties every licensed sponsor carries, with links to Sponsoro pages and free tools. Individual immigration matters still need an appropriately regulated professional.
Where should I start if a Home Office visit is possible?
Start with visit readiness and the free licence health check, then the compliance visit checklist. Those pages surface evidence gaps and unresolved actions rather than asking you to assemble a pack from scratch.
Do I need software to meet these duties?
No. The duties exist whether you use a spreadsheet, an adviser, an HR system or Sponsoro. Software does not change what the Home Office requires. It changes whether someone has to remember the work.
How is this different from the product pages?
The product and feature pages explain what Sponsoro does. This hub starts from the duty itself, then points to the feature, free tool and guide that match the work. Use it when you want the landscape before you pick a capability.
The duties stay the same.
Sponsoro re-checks them against your own records every day, and keeps the evidence behind each result.
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This hub explains the duties. It is not immigration advice, and it is not a substitute for the Sponsor Management System.