Sponsor compliance, explained plainly

Working guides to the duties that keep a sponsor licence alive. No legalese, sources linked, updated when the rules move.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 9 min read

  The UK sponsor duties checklist for 2026

  Every ongoing duty a Skilled Worker sponsor carries — reporting, record-keeping, right-to-work — in one working checklist.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

  The 10-working-day reporting rules, explained

  Which sponsored-worker changes must be reported, how the clock is counted, and the mistakes that turn a formality into a finding.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

  Appendix D explained: the documents you must keep

  A plain-English tour of the sponsor record-keeping rules — what to keep, for whom, for how long.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

  Right-to-work checks from 1 October 2026: the gig-economy expansion

  Checking duties are extending beyond employees. What changes, who's caught, and how to get ready.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

  What actually happens in a Home Office compliance visit

  Announced and unannounced visits, what officers ask for, and how sponsors fail on paperwork rather than bad faith.

• 5 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

  Sponsor licence revocations: what the numbers say

  Suspensions and revocations are at record levels. The data, the sectors, and what it means for small sponsors.