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For individuals who are already in the UK or planning their move

Employee Immigration and Dependant Mobility

With your sponsor licence approved, the next step is securing the correct visa using your available CoS and making sure your employee meets the role, salary and document requirements, and that any dependants meet the supporting evidence rules. We help manage this process from start to finish.

Precise applications. Correct routes. Successful results without setbacks.

Visa applications for sponsored workers must be completed with accuracy from the very beginning. The job must fit the correct SOC code, the salary must reach the right threshold and the documents must support every point you declare. For dependants, the evidence must be consistent and complete to avoid delays or further checks. Errors at this stage can lead to refusals, delays and disruptions to your planned start dates.

Our immigration lawyers manage the full journey with precision: preparing applications, guiding employers, employees and dependants, coordinating relocation steps and completing right to work checks. This ensures an organised, compliant transition into the role in the United Kingdom.

How to Secure an Employee Visa or Extension:
Extension: A Simple 5-Step Process

Confirm Role Eligibility & CoS Allocation

Prepare the Application Pack

Employee Visa Application

Visa Decision & Pre-Start

Arrival & Ongoing Compliance

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  • Check the role fits the correct SOC code

  • Confirm the salary meets the required threshold

  • Verify English language and financial requirements

  • Allocate or request the appropriate Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)

  • Gather employer documents

  • Guide the employee on their personal evidence

  • Confirm dependant information and supporting documents

  • Ensure all documents meet Home Office standards

  • Provide employment documents needed for the visa

  • Confirm details for any dependants

  • Respond to any Home Office queries

  • Support the employee during the application timeline

  • Review the decision and advise on next steps

  • Arrange right to work checks and onboarding timelines

  • Support relocation, travel or address updates

  • Coordinate BRP collection, digital status checks or eVisa setup

  • Complete the right to work check before employment begins

  • Ensure salary, duties and work location match the approved details

  • Keep accurate HR and immigration records

  • Monitor visa expiry dates and plan extensions or future ILR pathways early

1

1

Confirm Role Eligibility & CoS Allocation

  • Check the role fits the correct SOC code

  • Confirm the salary meets the required threshold

  • Verify English language and financial requirements

  • Allocate or request the appropriate Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)

Prepare the Application Pack

  • Gather employer documents

  • Guide the employee on their personal evidence

  • Confirm dependant information and supporting documents

  • Ensure all documents meet Home Office standards

  • Provide employment documents needed for the visa

  • Confirm details for any dependants

  • Respond to any Home Office queries

  • Support the employee during the application timeline

Employee Visa Application

Visa Decision & Pre-Start

  • Review the decision and advise on next steps

  • Arrange right to work checks and onboarding timelines

  • Support relocation, travel or address updates

  • Coordinate BRP collection, digital status checks or eVisa setup

Arrival & Ongoing Compliance

  • Complete the right to work check before employment begins

  • Ensure salary, duties and work location match the approved details

  • Keep accurate HR and immigration records

  • Monitor visa expiry dates and plan extensions or future ILR pathways early

Speak to a Senior Immigration Lawyer

Our team will review your circumstances and provide clear, practical direction.

Contact us now.

Speak to a Senior Immigration Lawyer

Our team will review your circumstances and provide clear, practical direction.

Speak to a Senior Immigration Lawyer

Our team will review your circumstances and provide clear, practical direction.

Contact us now.

Our Core Employee Immigration Solutions

SOLUTIONS

Skilled Worker Visa Applications

We prepare and manage Skilled Worker visa applications, ensuring the role, salary and documents meet Home Office requirements.

Accurate applications that prevent delays and support smooth onboarding.

Health and Care Worker Visa (Immigration Support for In-Country Job Changes)
Global Business Mobility Routes (ICT, Graduate Trainee, Secondment)
High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa
Temporary & Short-Term Work Routes
Scale-Up Worker Route
Change of Employment or Visa Extensions
Dependant Visa Applications (Partner & Children)
Right-to-Work Checks, Digital Visa & Relocation

Our Core Employee Immigration Solutions

SOLUTIONS

Skilled Worker Visa Applications

We prepare and manage Skilled Worker visa applications, ensuring the role, salary and documents meet Home Office requirements.

Accurate applications that prevent delays and support smooth onboarding.

Health and Care Worker Visa (Immigration Support for In-Country Job Changes)
Global Business Mobility Routes (ICT, Graduate Trainee, Secondment)
High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa
Temporary & Short-Term Work Routes
Scale-Up Worker Route
Change of Employment or Visa Extensions
Dependant Visa Applications (Partner & Children)
Right-to-Work Checks, Digital Visa & Relocation

Our Core Employee Immigration Solutions

SOLUTIONS

Skilled Worker Visa Applications

We prepare and manage Skilled Worker visa applications, ensuring the role, salary and documents meet Home Office requirements.

Accurate applications that prevent delays and support smooth onboarding.

Health and Care Worker Visa (Immigration Support for In-Country Job Changes)
Global Business Mobility Routes (ICT, Graduate Trainee, Secondment)
High Potential Individual (HPI) Visa
Temporary & Short-Term Work Routes
Scale-Up Worker Route
Change of Employment or Visa Extensions
Dependant Visa Applications (Partner & Children)
Right-to-Work Checks, Digital Visa & Relocation

The Westbridge Way:

A 4-step Client Journey

1

We Understand Your Organisation — Not Just Your Case

Details

2

We Build the Right Strategy — Clear, Accurate and Built Around You

Details

3

We Execute With Accuracy and Full Regulatory Assurance

Details

4

We Stay With You - Long After the Application Is Approved

Details

Contact us at 0 203 086 7236

The Westbridge Way:
A 4-step Client Journey

1

We Understand Your Organisation — Not Just Your Case

Details

2

We Build the Right Strategy — Clear, Accurate and Built Around You

Details

3

We Execute With Accuracy and Full Regulatory Assurance

Details

4

We Stay With You - Long After the Application Is Approved

Details

The Westbridge Way:

A 4-step Client Journey

1

We Understand Your Organisation — Not Just Your Case

Details

2

We Build the Right Strategy — Clear, Accurate and Built Around You

Details

3

We Execute With Accuracy and Full Regulatory Assurance

Details

4

We Stay With You - Long After the Application Is Approved

Details

Contact us at 0 203 086 7236

Recognised and Regulated by Trusted Organisations

Recognised and Regulated by Trusted Organisations

Recognised and Regulated by Trusted Organisations

Accredited Corporate Immigration Lawyers

14+ years advising UK employers; fully regulated by the IAA and accredited by the Department for Business and Trade, with every client supported by a dedicated senior lawyer.

Proven Success in Approvals

Applications prepared to exact Home Office evidential standards, delivering consistently strong outcomes for sponsor licences and skilled worker routes.

Industry-Focused Immigration Expertise

Practical insight across engineering, healthcare, technology, finance, life sciences and construction, ensuring advice aligned with real operational needs.

Global Communication & Commercial Understanding

Fluent support in English, Chinese, Malay, Georgian and Turkish — delivered with a strong commercial mindset tailored to international hiring.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main requirements for a Skilled Worker visa?

A valid CoS, eligible occupation code, compliant salary, English language evidence and supporting documentation.

How long does a Skilled Worker visa take?

What are common reasons for Skilled Worker visa refusals?

Still have questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main requirements for a Skilled Worker visa?

A valid CoS, eligible occupation code, compliant salary, English language evidence and supporting documentation.

How long does a Skilled Worker visa take?

What are common reasons for Skilled Worker visa refusals?

Still have questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main requirements for a Skilled Worker visa?

A valid CoS, eligible occupation code, compliant salary, English language evidence and supporting documentation.

How long does a Skilled Worker visa take?

What are common reasons for Skilled Worker visa refusals?

Still have questions?

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