Business immigration

Our specialist business immigration law solicitors advise organisations in the health and social care sector on a range of business immigration issues relating to sponsoring overseas workers and right to work queries.

Our expertise and recent work includes:

• Advising on how to obtain a skilled worker employer sponsor licence, how to apply for and allocate certificates of sponsorship and advising on the requirements for the health and care worker and skilled worker visas.
• Dealing with the situation where a sponsor licence is refused, suspended or revoked.
• Advising on employer sponsor reporting and record keeping obligations.
• Preventing illegal working – advising on right to work checks and providing related employment advice on fair termination when existing staff no longer have a right to work.
• Responding to Home Office enforcement action.
• Implementing and maintaining HR systems which comply with Home Office guidance for organisations with a sponsor licence.
• Training for staff on:
  • the sponsorship licence process;
  • sponsorship licence compliance obligations;
  • pros and cons of having a sponsor licence at UK-wide/group/location/company level; and
  • conducting right-to-work checks.
• Advising on business immigration issues arising on TUPE transfers, group re-organisations and corporate transactions.
• Providing briefing notes and fact sheets in preparation for compliance visits.
• Reviewing and drafting employer sponsorship and right-to-work check policies and procedures.
• Providing detailed advice on proposed employer sponsorship criteria, policies and plans to facilitate recruitment, advising on the risk of race discrimination claims and advising on a clear way forward to mitigate against such risks.
• Advising on the appropriate occupation code and minimum salary for different sponsored worker roles.

Hazel covered all areas we requested and provided clear and concise information to help give us confidence in understanding our overall duties with the Sponsorship Licence – A care provider