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Case study: Successful Tier 2 Sponsorship licence application
Our expert immigration lawyers were recently instructed to assist in the submission of a Tier 2 Sponsorship licence application for a start-up business in the UK. The company, which had been operating in the UK for 5 months, wished to employ a highly skilled worker from outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Any UK company or business wishing to hire overseas workers needs to obtain a sponsorship licence issued by the Home Office. This allows the business to recruit and hire employees from overseas to work in the UK and to sponsor their visa.
After carefully preparing the sponsorship licence application and supporting documentation in the specified format, our expert immigration lawyer submitted the form online and sent the Home Office detailed legal representations in support of the application. The company was successfully listed on the Home Office’s Tier 2 Sponsor Register within a few weeks.