We publish practical guides for employers and HR teams who want to hire people from overseas — how to get a sponsor licence, which visa route fits which role, what the whole thing costs, and what you are committing to once you are a licensed sponsor.
Most information on this is written either for immigration lawyers or for the workers themselves. The person who actually has to run the process — an HR manager, an operations lead, a small business owner — is left reading Home Office guidance notes written for someone else. These guides are for them.
What we cover
- Sponsor licence — applying, the documents required, timelines, refusals, and renewals
- Hiring internationally — where to advertise, screening candidates, contracts and onboarding
- Visa routes — the routes employers actually use and which roles qualify
- Costs & compliance — the full cost of sponsorship, reporting duties, right to work checks, audits
- Legal support — when to bring in a solicitor, what they charge, how to choose one
How we produce our content
- We start from real questions — what employers actually search for when facing this the first time.
- We work from primary sources — Home Office and agency guidance, published fee schedules, official registers.
- We use technology in our workflow, with human oversight. Research and drafting are assisted by modern tools, and articles are reviewed before publication.
- We update rather than abandon. Fees and thresholds change. Guides carry a last-reviewed date and are revised on a rolling schedule.
- We show the arithmetic. Where a decision involves cost, the numbers are laid out so you can check them against your own situation.
What we are not
We are not a law firm, an immigration adviser, a recruitment agency, or a sponsor licence consultancy. We do not submit applications, represent businesses, or place candidates.
Fees, salary thresholds and eligibility rules change frequently and apply differently depending on your business, the role, and the individual. Nothing here is legal advice. Before you act, verify the current position on the official government source and take advice from a qualified immigration solicitor or an OISC-regulated adviser.
Get in touch
Corrections, questions and topic suggestions are welcome — see our Contact page. If you spot an error, tell us; we would rather fix it than defend it.