Paragraph 1 Interpretation

In this Schedule—

• “confirmation of acceptance for studies” means an authorisation issued by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student;

• “premium services for sponsors” means the F1premium services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;

• “small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

  1. (a)

     a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006 M1;

  2. (b)

     in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

  3. (c)

     a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 M2, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 M3, or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register M4;

• “sponsorship management request” means an electronic request made by a sponsor in connection with their sponsor licence, through their sponsorship management system account;

• F2“students” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under F3Appendix Student or Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules;

• “the student route” means either or both of—

  1. (a)

     the Student route provided for by F4Appendix Student to the immigration rules;

  2. (b)

     the Child Student route provided for by F5Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules;

• “Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment” means the check which a sponsor with Probationary Sponsor status must apply for in order to become registered as having Student Sponsor status, or for which sponsors already registered with Student Sponsor status must apply in order to maintain that registration;

• F6“temporary workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—

  1. (a)

     F7Appendix Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules,

  2. (b)

     Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules,

  3. (c)

     Appendix Temporary Work – Religious Worker to those rules,

  4. (d)

     Appendix Temporary Work – Charity Worker to those rules,

  5. (e)

     Appendix Temporary Work – Creative Worker to those rules,

  6. (f)

     Appendix Temporary Work – International Agreement to those rules, F8...

  7. (g)

     Appendix Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange to those rules;

  8. (h)

     F9Appendix Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee to those rules,

  9. (i)

     Appendix Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker to those rules,

  10. (j)

      Appendix Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier to those rules, F10...

  11. (k)

      Appendix Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker to those rules; F11or

  12. (l)

      Appendix Scale-up to those rules;

• “the temporary worker route” means any or all of—

  1. (a)

     F12the Seasonal Worker route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules;

  2. (b)

     the Youth Mobility Scheme route provided for by Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules;

  3. (c)

     the Religious Worker route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – Religious Worker to those rules;

  4. (d)

     the Charity Worker route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – Charity Worker to those rules;

  5. (e)

     the Creative Worker route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – Creative Worker to those rules;

  6. (f)

     the International Agreement route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – International Agreement to those rules;

  7. (g)

     the Government Authorised Exchange route provided for by Appendix Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange to those rules;

  8. (h)

     F13the Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee route provided for by Appendix Global Business Mobility – Graduate Trainee to those rules;

  9. (i)

     the Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker route provided for by Appendix Global Business Mobility – UK Expansion Worker to those rules;

  10. (j)

      the Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier route provided for by Appendix Global Business Mobility – Service Supplier to those rules;

  11. (k)

      the Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker route provided for by Appendix Global Business Mobility – Secondment Worker to those rules;

  12. (l)

      F14the Scale-up route provided for by Appendix Scale-up to those rules;

• “temporary worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of temporary workers;

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• F17“workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—

  1. (a)

     Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules,

  2. (b)

     F18...

  3. (c)

     Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, F19...

  4. (d)

     F20Appendix International Sportsperson to those rules; F21or

  5. (e)

     Appendix Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker to those rules;

• “the worker route” means any or all of—

  1. (a)

     the Skilled Worker route provided for by Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules;

  2. (b)

     F22...

  3. (c)

     ...

  4. (d)

     the T2 Minister of Religion route provided for by Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules;

  5. (e)

     F23the International Sportsperson route provided for by Appendix International Sportsperson to those rules;

  6. (f)

     F24the Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker route provided for by Appendix Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker to those rules;

• “worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of workers.