Visas: Sponsorship
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the current arrangements for the Certificate of Sponsorship priority service, including (a) the number of available slots and (b) the allocation process, are sufficient to ensure that requests are processed in a timely and equitable manner.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The number of daily priority slots available has recently been increased to 120 requests per day, alongside a reduction in the service level agreement timescales for standard requests. In addition to this, organisations operating within the care sector can have their Certificate of Sponsorship requests prioritised without the associated fees via the support of a letter from a Director of Adult Social Services (DASS) submitted to UKVI to a dedicated mailbox established for this process.
Priority change of circumstances for sponsors - GOV.UK
UK visa sponsorship for employers: Certificates of sponsorship - GOV.UK
You can apply for extra undefined certificates through the sponsorship management system.
You can also pay to get a decision within 5 working days.
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