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Guidance for employers on how to sponsor a worker on the Skilled Worker immigration route.
The Skilled Worker route allows employers to recruit people to work in the UK in a specific job in an eligible skilled occupation. Eligible occupations are listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Appendix Skilled Occupations to the Immigration Rules. The Skilled Worker route can also be used to sponsor workers under occupation code 6145 (care workers and home carers).
Published 9 December 2020 Last updated 30 March 2023 +show all updates
Updated guidance to give advance notice for some significant changes to the Immigration Rules, including how much sponsors have to pay Skilled Workers.
Updated guidance.
Added HTML accessible version.
Updated guide for use on or after 11 April 2022.
Guidance updated with the following changes: SK2.3: paragraph on licence renewal added; subsequent paragraphs in this section renumbered accordingly; SK3.5, SK4.1, SK4.2, SK5.1, SK6.1 (row D of table), SK6.12, SK7.9, SK11.18 (14th bullet point): minor amendments to reflect that jobs under occupation code 6145 (Care workers and home carers) have been added to Appendix Shortage Occupation List and are now eligible for the Skilled Worker route (as set out in Statement of Changes HC 1009); SK10.1: new bullet point added to reflect that workers sponsored under occupation code 6145 are subject to the overseas criminal records requirement (as set out in Statement of Changes HC 1009); SK11.11: amended to reflect the ending of the fee concession for Certificates of Sponsorship assigned to CESC nationals from 26 February 2022 (as set out in Schedule 3 to the Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of T2 Sportsperson Route and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021); SK11.11A: new paragraph to reflect ending of the above concession; SK13.4: new bullet point added to reflect that workers sponsored under occupation code 6145 are now eligible for the Health and Care visa; other minor housekeeping changes.
Guidance updated to correct various hyperlinks.
Guidance updated to reflect minor changes to the Immigration Rules that came into effect on 6 October 2021; reflect changes to the process for checking whether a worker needs an ATAS certificate; and to make some other minor amendments and clarifications.
Updated guidance correcting the list of eligible Health and Care visa occupation codes.
