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Paragraph 3 Fees for other applications in connection with sponsorship

United Kingdom

F1(1)

In sub-paragraph (2) a “relevant sponsor licence” means a sponsor licence which—

(a)

is a sponsor licence in respect of students or temporary workers or both, and

(b)

is not also a sponsor licence in respect of workers.

(2)

Where a person who is not a small or charitable sponsor holds a relevant sponsor licence and applies for that licence to be extended so that it is also a sponsor licence in respect of workers, the fee payable for that application is the sum equivalent to the difference between—

(a)

the fee paid for the original application for the licence, and

(b)

the fee specified by 14.1.1 in Table 14.

(F22ZA)

For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a sponsor licence in respect of applicants under Appendix International Sportsperson to the immigration rules is to be regarded as a sponsor licence in respect of temporary workers rather than a sponsor licence in respect of workers if it—

(a)

became a sponsor licence in respect of applicants under that Appendix at 9.00 a.m. on 11th October 2021 by virtue of having been a sponsor licence in respect of applicants under Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker immediately before that time, and

(b)

is not also a sponsor licence in respect of applicants under Appendix Skilled Worker, F3Appendix T2 Minister of Religion or Appendix Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker to those rules.

(2A)

Except as provided for by sub-paragraph (2), no fee is payable for an application to add any route referred to in the definitions of “the student route”, “the temporary worker route” or “the worker route” in paragraph 1 to an existing sponsor licence.

(3)

Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies for a separate licence, the fee payable is the full fee chargeable in respect of F4the separate licence applied for.

Table 15 (Fees for other applications and processes in connection with sponsorship)

Number of feeType of application or processAmount of fee
15.1Fee for applications for a F5Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment
15.1.1Application for a F6Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment.F7£574
15.2Fee for processes relating to sponsor licences
15.2.1The issuing to a sponsor, on request, of an action plan with which a sponsor must comply in order to achieve or retain a particular status, or to remain on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Secretary of State.F8£1,579
F915.3Fee for an application for an approval letter from an endorsing body in respect of a proposed application for a sponsor licence in connection with sponsoring the applicants under Appendix Scale-up or to add the Scale-up route to an existing sponsor licence
15.3.1

Application for an approval letter from an endorsing body, within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of the immigration rules, of a proposed application—

  1. (a)

    for a sponsor licence in respect (wholly or partly) of applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under Appendix Scale-up to the immigration rules, or

  2. (b)

    to add the Scale-up route provided for by that Appendix to an existing sponsor licence.

£1,500

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 para. 3(1)-(2A) substituted (1.12.2020 at 9.00 am) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 2 and Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1147), regs. 1(2), 11(4)

F2

Sch. 4 para. 3(2ZA) inserted (11.10.2021 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of T2 Sportsperson Route and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1035), reg. 1(3)(c)(iii), Sch. 2 para. 7(4)

F3

Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(2ZA)(b) substituted (11.4.2022 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality and Immigration Services Commissioner (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/296), regs. 1(4)(e), 8(4)

F4

Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(4)(d)

F5

Words in Sch. 4 Table 15 substituted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(5)(a)

F6

Words in Sch. 4 Table 15 substituted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(5)(b)

F7

Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3 Table 15 substituted (9.4.2025 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a)

F8

Sum in Sch. 4 para. 3 Table 15 substituted (9.4.2025 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/363), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(b)

F9

Words in Sch. 4 Table 15 inserted (13.4.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/349), regs. 1(2)(b), 10