New advice on sponsor takeovers

Tuesday, 15th December 2009

In response to queries from sponsors under the points-based system, the UK Border Agency has produced additional advice on how sponsor licences and migrants.

In response to queries from sponsors under the points-based system, the UK Border Agency has produced additional advice on how sponsor licences and migrants are affected by company takeovers and other restructuring exercises such as mergers and demergers.

The advice explains what sponsors must do to regularise their sponsor status and ensure that any migrant workers are properly reported on - including actions on the sponsorship management system and tasks that the new employer must carry out to fulfil its duties if it takes on migrants.The advice covers situations where:

§  an entire sponsor organisation is being taken over by another organisation;

§  part of an existing sponsor organisation is being taken over by another organisation; or

§  part of an existing sponsor organisation is splitting away to form a new organisation.

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