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- About this guidance
- SK1. Sponsoring a Skilled Worker: overview
- SK2. How to get a Skilled Worker sponsor licence
- SK3. Immigration requirements for Skilled Workers
- SK4. Skill level requirement for Skilled Workers
- SK5. Salary requirements for Skilled Workers
- SK6. Tradeable points for salary
- SK7. Calculation of salary: allowances and pro-rating
- SK8. Unpaid leave and salary reductions
This document provides information 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. It replaced the Tier 2 (General) route from 1 December 2020.
What is the Skilled Worker route?
SK1.1. The Skilled Worker route is the main immigration route for overseas nationals who wish to work in the UK (including UK waters). It allows UK-based employers to recruit overseas workers to fill a wide range of skilled vacancies in the UK. SK1.2. A Skilled Worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from a Home Office-approved sponsor. Eligible jobs are generally those which involve a variety of work activities, which may be complex. They are likely to include considerable responsibility and autonomy, and may include managing others. The job must normally be skilled to level 3 on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) for England and Northern Ireland, or the equivalent level in Wales or Scotland. This does not mean the worker has to have a level 3 qualification, but the job will involve the application of knowledge and skills at that level. SK1.3. You can also sponsor eligible healthcare professionals for the Health and Care visa, which is a special subcategory of the Skilled Worker route. SK1.4. All jobs sponsored on this route must meet the Skilled Worker salary requirements. SK1.5. Skilled workers can bring their family members (partner and children) to the UK and can apply to settle in the UK after 5 years’ continuous lawful residence on this (or another eligible) route.
Who needs to be sponsored on the Skilled Worker route?
SK1.6. You will need to sponsor any overseas national you wish to employ if they are not a ‘settled worker’ or do not otherwise have immigration permission to work for you in the UK. This includes most EU, EEA and Swiss nationals who arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020. SK1.7. You do not have to sponsor certain categories of worker, including: Irish citizens people who have been granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme people with indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK (also known as ‘settlement’) SK1.8. This is not a complete list. For further information on who does, and does not, need sponsorship, see section S1 of Part 2: Sponsor a worker.
What are the sponsorship requirements for the Skilled Worker route?
SK1.9. If you wish to sponsor a Skilled Worker, you must: hold a valid sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route understand the general requirements for sponsoring a worker – see Part 2: Sponsor a worker satisfy yourself the worker can meet the immigration requirements for this route only sponsor workers in genuine employment which meets the skill-level and salary requirements of this route if you wish to sponsor a nurse or midwife before they have achieved full registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, understand the registration process and your additional sponsor duties assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to the worker you wish to sponsor and pay any relevant CoS fee and Immigration Skills Charge ensure you understand the difference between a ‘Defined CoS’ and an ‘Undefined’ CoS keep records for each worker you sponsor, including information on how you recruited the worker – see Appendix D to the sponsor guidance have eligible key personnel in place to manage your licence and assign or apply for CoS – see section L4 of Part 1: Apply for a licence for guidance on key personnel understand and comply with all of your sponsor duties – see Part 3: Sponsor duties and compliance
General requirements
SK2.1. If you wish to sponsor a Skilled Worker, you must hold a valid sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. If you do not already hold such a licence, you must apply for one by completing the online application form, paying the relevant application fee, and submitting the supporting evidence specified in Appendix A to the sponsor guidance. SK2.2. Before applying for your licence, you should read: Part 1: Apply for a licence for detailed information on the general requirements and the application process this section for guidance specific to the Skilled Worker route SK2.3. If you already hold a valid licence to sponsor workers, but it does not include the Skilled Worker route, you can apply to add the Skilled Worker route to your existing licence. You may have to pay an additional fee for this. For further information on adding routes to your licence, see section L10 of Part 1: Apply for a licence. SK2.4. If you already hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence and it’s due to expire within the next 90 days, you should apply now to renew it. See section C5 of Part 3: Sponsor duties and compliance for guidance on renewing your licence.
Specific requirements for a Skilled Worker licence
SK2.5. In addition to the general requirements for a sponsor licence set out in Part 1: Apply for a licence, to be eligible for a Skilled Worker sponsor licence, you must be able to offer employment that: meets the skill level and salary requirementsfor this route is genuine does not amount to the hiring of the worker to a third party to undertake an ongoing or routine role complies with the National Minimum Wage and the Working Time Regulations Employment relationship between sponsor and worker SK2.6. As the sponsor, you will normally be the employer and therefore responsible for paying the sponsored worker. We recognise there are certain circumstances, such as in parts of the creative sector, where there is no direct employer-employee relationship. In such circumstances, the worker must still have a sponsor that is able and willing to accept all of the responsibilities and duties associated with being their sponsor. SK2.7. There will also be circumstances where there is a clear statutory relationship between the employing body and a publicly funded body, where the publicly funded body can intervene in the running or funding of the employing or paying body. In these cases, the publicly funded body can be the sponsor. Below are 2 examples of this. Example 1 A local authority has powers of control and direction over self-governing schools, so the local authority can sponsor teachers in these schools. Example 2 A Strategic Health Authority, through its Deanery, Local Education and Training Board (LETB), provider, or commissioning organisation, has funding control of training posts for doctors and dentists within NHS Trusts, even though it is not the paying body. In this case, the Deanery or LETB can be the sponsor. SK2.8. Where a worker is not your direct employee, we will look closely at the arrangement to make sure you can fulfil your sponsor duties and we will take action against you if we find you are not. For further information, see: Working for a third party in this document ‘Working on a contract basis’ in section S1 of Part 2: Sponsor a worker
How to keep your licence
SK2.9. If you are granted a licence, you must comply with all of your sponsor duties. If you do not, we may take action against you, including: downgrading your licence rating suspending your licence revoking your licence reporting you to the police or other relevant authorities SK2.10. For details, see Part 3: Sponsor duties and compliance.
This section tells you about the immigration requirements Skilled Workers must meet and where you can find further information.
Content in this section:
•Overview
•Points requirements
•Genuineness requirement
•Financial requirement
This section tells you how to ensure that any jobs you wish to sponsor workers for on the Skilled Worker route are at the appropriate skill level.
Content in this section:
•Eligible occupation code
•ATAS requirement
SK4.1. All applicants applying on the Skilled Worker route must score 20 points for having a job at the appropriate skill level. To meet this requirement, the applicant must:
•be sponsored for a job in an eligible occupation code; and
This section provides an overview of the salary requirements you must meet to sponsor a person on the Skilled Worker route and how we will check that you are complying with these requirements. You must also read sections SK6 to SK8 of this guidance.
Content in this section:
•Overview
•How much do you have to pay a Skilled Worker?
This section tells you how an applicant on the Skilled Worker can score tradeable points for their salary and other attributes, such as having a relevant PhD or working in a shortage occupation. It also contains information on transitional arrangements.
Content in this section:
•Table of tradeable points for salary
•Tradeable points option A: salary only
•Tradeable points option B: relevant PhD
•Tradeable points option C: PhD in a relevant STEM subject
This section provides information on how we calculate whether a salary meets the Skilled Worker requirements, including the rules on allowances and pro-rating.
Content in this section:
•Allowances
•Workers being sponsored for less than a year
•Calculation of general salary threshold
•Calculation of going rate and hourly rate
Absence without pay or on reduced pay
SK8.1. You must normally stop sponsoring a worker if they are absent from work without pay, or absent on reduced pay, for more than 4 weeks in total according to their normal working pattern, during any calendar year (1 January to 31 December), unless the absences are due to any of the following: statutory maternity, paternity, parental, shared parental or adoption leave sick leave assisting with a national or international humanitarian or environmental crisis, with your agreement taking part in legally organised industrial action jury service attending court as a witness See ‘Absence without pay or on reduced pay’ section S4 of Part 2: Sponsor a worker for more information.
Salary otherwise reduced
SK8.2. You can temporarily reduce the salary of a Skilled Worker or Tier 2 (General) Migrant you are currently sponsoring if the reduction coincides with one of the absences listed above – for example, if you are paying them a reduced salary, or they are receiving statutory payments only, while they are on parental leave or sick leave. SK8.3. If you wish to reduce the salary of a Skilled Worker or Tier 2 (General) Migrant in any other circumstances (either on a temporary or permanent basis), you must first check if you will need to assign them a new CoS, and if the worker will need to make a new application for entry clearance or permission to stay, before you can reduce their salary. Permitted salary reductions SK8.4. You do not need to assign a new CoS, and the worker does not need to make a new application, if you reduce the worker’s salary and any of the following are true: the worker has permission as a Skilled Worker and, following the reduction in salary, they would score 20 points for the same tradeable points option as the option in which they scored the points which led to their current grant of permission: for example, if their current permission is based on points scored under Option B, their revised salary must continue to meet all of the criteria under Option B the worker has permission as a Skilled Worker or Tier 2 (General) Migrant and, following the reduction in salary, they would still be eligible for points under the transitional arrangement for CoS assigned before 24 November 2016 the worker has permission as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, and their revised salary would be eligible for 20 points under Option A or Option F if they were required to make an application on the Skilled Worker route the worker has permission as a Tier 2 (General) Migrant, was considered to be a new entrant when they were granted that permission, and they would be eligible for 20 points under Option E if they were required to make an application on the Skilled Worker route the reduction coincides with a temporary reduction in the worker’s hours, or a phased return to work, for individual health reasons, provided: this is supported by an occupational health assessment; and the reduction does not result in the hourly rate falling below any hourly rate requirement which applied when the worker obtained their most recent grant of permission SK8.5. Although the worker does not need new permission in the above circumstances, you must still let us know, within 10 working days of the change, via your sponsorship management system (SMS) account that you have reduced their salary, and tell us what that salary is. Prohibited salary reductions SK8.6. If you reduce the worker’s salary, and none of the exceptions outlined in this section apply, you cannot simply continue to sponsor the worker. If the revised salary is eligible for points on the Skilled Worker route, you must assign the worker a new CoS, and the worker must make a successful application for entry clearance or permission to stay before you can start to pay them at the reduced rate. Example: If the worker scored 20 points under Option A when they were last granted permission, and they obtain a relevant PhD while they are working for you, you cannot simply reduce their salary to the levels stated in Option B. You must assign a new CoS, and the worker must make a successful application (scoring 20 points under Option B) before you can start to pay them a reduced salary. SK8.7. If the revised salary you intend to pay the worker would not meet the salary requirements for the Skilled Worker route, as set out in the Immigration Rules and in this guidance, you must stop sponsoring them and tell us you have done so via your SMS account. SK8.8. Remember, we will make regular checks with HMRC to ensure you are paying the worker appropriately. If we find you are paying the worker less than you said you would, and the amount would not be eligible for points under the same tradeable points option which led to their current grant of permission, or the change is not otherwise permitted by the Immigration Rules or this guidance, we will revoke your licence.
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