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09 January, 2023
Sponsors of skilled workers applying under the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker routes are required to pay an additional fee for the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) every time they assign a new Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to a worker, with some limited exceptions.
Given that from 1 January 2021, all UK employers must have a sponsorship license to employ migrant workers under certain work visa routes, the ISC has become payable by a large number of businesses.
For medium to large-sized sponsors, the ISC is £1,000 per sponsored employee per year. For each additional 6 months the worker is sponsored, an additional £500 in ISC is payable.
From 1 January 2023 sponsors of EU nationals who are transferred from a business based in the EU to the UK for less than 3 years under the Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker route are exempt from paying the Immigration Skills Charge if all the following apply:
If you have any questions relating to sponsoring workers and applying for work visas, please contact our Business Immigration team at immigration@forbessolicitors.co.uk
For more information contact Mohammad Chaudhry in our Business Immigration department via email or phone on 01772220225. Alternatively send any question through to Forbes Solicitors via our online Contact Form.
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