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UK Work Sponsorship: HMRC Data-Sharing, Aggressive Home Office Enforcement and Licence Revocations, Broad CoS Information Requests, and Visa Cancellation/Curtailment Errors—Key Compliance Risks for Sponsors

Published on: 19 February 2026

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Home Office enforcement and licence revocations

In recent years, compliance and enforcement activity has intensified, with more suspensions and revocations. According to the Home Office, last summer it recorded 1,948 sponsor licence revocations between July 2024 and June 2025—over twice the 937 in the prior year, and far above the 261 and 247 recorded in earlier years. This sharp rise is linked to the expansion of digital compliance checks, underpinned by broader data sharing with HMRC on PAYE records, which enables the Home Office to spot more swiftly and accurately when a sponsored worker is not being paid in line with their CoS. This information exchange is expected to scale up further, with revocations likely to climb as a result. Collaboration with other government departments has also enhanced the Home Office’s ability to oversee sponsor obligations remotely, reflected in the shift from traditional in-person compliance audits to predominantly digital reviews for sponsors...

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