UK sponsored visa routes
Every visa route that allows employer sponsorship under the 2026 Home Office rules. Pick a route to see its registered sponsors, salary expectations and a short explainer.
Skilled Worker visa sponsors
The Skilled Worker route is the UK’s main work visa for overseas professionals. Sponsors must hold a current licence and pay at least the going rate for the role’s SOC 2020 code.
View sponsors →Health & Care Worker visa sponsors
A discounted variant of Skilled Worker for nurses, doctors, paramedics, social workers, and adult-care staff. Lower salary floor and no Immigration Health Surcharge.
View sponsors →Global Business Mobility — Senior or Specialist Worker
For senior or specialist staff transferring to a UK branch of an overseas employer. Replaces the old Intra-Company Transfer route.
View sponsors →Global Business Mobility — UK Expansion Worker
For overseas businesses setting up a UK footprint. The sponsor licence is provisional until the UK branch is trading.
View sponsors →Global Business Mobility — Graduate Trainee
For overseas-recruited graduates on a structured rotational programme at a UK branch of a multinational employer.
View sponsors →Scale-up visa sponsors
For high-growth UK businesses meeting the Home Office’s scale-up criteria. Workers gain unrestricted right-to-work after six months.
View sponsors →Creative Worker visa sponsors
Temporary route for performers, models, dancers, and other creative-industry workers. Up to 12 months per CoS.
View sponsors →Religious Worker visa sponsors
For people coming to work in a religious organisation in roles such as preachers, missionaries, and members of a religious order.
View sponsors →Charity Worker visa sponsors
For unpaid voluntary work for a UK charity. Up to 12 months.
View sponsors →Ministers of Religion visa sponsors
For ministers, missionaries, and members of religious orders taking a long-term role in the UK.
View sponsors →International Agreement visa sponsors
For contractual service suppliers and independent professionals covered by a UK-international trade agreement.
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