If you run a business in the UK that requires the employment of a number of staff, you may very well have found recently that you are having difficulty in recruiting sufficient men or women to fill all of the places that you have. There is absolutely no doubt that there are more jobs available today than there are potential recruits.
This is why more and more business owners are looking to recruit new staff from overseas. While there are many more potential employees, the problem with this is that the rules and regulations about obtaining work visas for foreign employees are complex. If you are going to go down this route, you need an immigration consultant in London to guide you through the multiple ramifications, such as our team at Prime Immigration Consultants. Based in Jubilee Street, E1, our team can help you to get the employees that you need.
Just to begin with, you will need a Sponsor Licence which provides UK businesses with permission to employ workers from overseas. You will need to be able to show the Home Office that you have not had a previous Sponsor Licence revoked within the last 12 months, and that you have no unspent criminal convictions in relation to immigrants or fraud.
There are two types of licence, one for skilled workers for long term employment, and another for temporary workers which is required for businesses such as farming, when workers are needed for harvesting, gathering fruit, and so on. Your licence can apply to either type of workers or to both, as required.
Things Begin To Get Complicated
This is where things can begin to get complicated because the worker licence is split into segments such as skilled worker, specialist worker, international sports person, and even Minister of Religion. For temporary workers the list is even longer, covering graduate trainee, religious worker, creative worker, charity worker, scale-up worker, seasonal worker, and more.
Furthermore, you need to have people in your business to cover certain roles such as an authorising officer, key contact to liaise with the Home Office, level 1 user, and possibly level 2 user.