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From Startup to Scaleup: Turning UK Innovation Into Prosperity and Power
From Startup to Scaleup: Turning UK Innovation Into Prosperity and Power
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To obtain sponsor licence, startups must clearly prove they are a genuine UK business, can afford the role, have basic HR and compliance systems in place, hold a compliant UK business bank account, and have suitable UK-based personnel ready to manage sponsor duties from day one.
For a small sponsor hiring one Skilled Worker for 5 years, the employer pays £3,499 in Home Office fees. This covers the sponsor licence, Certificate of Sponsorship, and the Immigration Skills Charge. If the employee applies from inside the UK as a single applicant, they usually pay £1,751 for the visa plus £5,175 for the Immigration Health Surcharge, making £6,926 in personal application costs.
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