How to manage your UK sponsor licence on the SMS

11:00 am - 11:30 am
17 November 2022
On Demand Webinar

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Do you already have a sponsor licence, but have difficulty using it? Watch our UK immigration solicitors as they share information on how to sponsor migrant workers via the online Sponsorship Management System, commonly known as the ‘SMS.’

The interactive discussion, includes:

Key Personnel roles (Authorising Officer, Key Contact, Level 1 and 2 Users) and the accompanying sponsorship duties
The different types of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS’) and who they must be assigned to
How to renew your annual CoS allocation and request additional CoS’ on an ad hoc basis
The reporting and record-keeping duties for your licence and the migrant workers you sponsor

Should you wish to discuss any of the issues highlighted in the webinar, please email marketing@clarkslegal.com.

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17 November 2022
On Demand Webinar
FREE
Immigration

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Monica Atwal

Managing PartnerCLARKSLEGAL

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