Tier 4 Sponsor Licenses

What is a Sponsorship Licence?

A sponsorship licence under Tier 4 – allows educational institutions to enrol foreign and migrant students. Immigration lawyers and solicitors can assist educational institutions to get their licences.

The licence allows educational institutions to be on the UKBA’s register of sponsors. This is a public list of all the educational institutions and enrolling organisations that UKBA has licensed to enrol foreign students. Therefore if you are an educational institution who wants to enrol students and undertake a sponsorship role, you will need a sponsor licence.

The requirements for applying for a sponsor licence are relatively hard to get over – they fall into 3 major categories:

• 1. The educational institution will be asked to prove that they are a genuine organisation functioning under all relevant UK laws;
• 2. The sponsoring educational institution must show that provide no threat to immigration procedures and controls; and
• 3. The educational institution requesting a sponsor licence must also show that it can manage its students and meet all of its prescribed sponsorship duties.

The licences are subject to a sponsor rating – this will be an ‘A rating’ for higher quality applications or a ‘B rating’.

Once a licence is obtained, the number of certificates to be issued (which is the number of students to be enrolled) can be increased through application.

Our experienced immigration lawyers follow UKBA best practices to get efficient and smooth results for our business clients. We ensure that we get licences with certificates to allow for students to be taken on instantly.

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