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Certificate of Sponsorship definition

What does Certificate of Sponsorship mean? A Certificate of Sponsorship is the electronic work‑authorisation record a Home Office–licensed sponsor assigns to a worker to support a Skilled Worker or Temporary Worker visa application. Generated in the Sponsor Management System, it carries a unique reference number and sets out the worker’s personal details and the role particulars (job title, SOC code, salary, start date, work location, and whether maintenance is certified). Its use is defined and regulated by the Immigration Rules (including Appendix Skilled Worker and Appendix Temporary Worker) and Home Office sponsor guidance. There are two types: Defined CoS (for Skilled Worker applications from outside...

UK Immigration Rules: Creative Worker route—Codes of Practice, resident labour market tests and ‘unique contribution’ criteria across ballet, dance, opera, theatre, film/TV and fashion (from 16 May 2024)

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Creative Worker route – Certificates of Sponsorship from 16 May 2024

For entry clearance or permission applications lodged on or after 16 May 2024, a sponsor issuing a certificate of sponsorship under the Creative Worker route must ensure one of the following applies:

The applicant adheres to the applicable code of practice, if one exists for the role; or
If no such Code of Practice applies, the applicant must:
- be undertaking a creative industries role listed in immigration rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations; and
- be able to show they will make a distinctive contribution to creative life in the UK.

Before this amendment, where no relevant Code of Practice was available, the role either needed to be on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) (which was replaced by the Immigration Salary List on 4 April 2024), or the sponsor had to be satisfied the position could not be filled by a settled worker, having considered the resident labour market in that field...

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