CG Immigration Law
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A sponsor licence comes with real obligations and the Home Office is checking more closely than ever. We handle the lot. The licence, the visas, the audits, the day-to-day. So you can get on with running the business, not second-guessing your compliance.
WHERE WE COME IN
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CG's business immigration team helps UK employers sponsor and retain overseas workers while staying on the right side of Home Office rules. We apply for and manage sponsor licences, run start-to-finish visa applications across the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility routes, carry out compliance audits, and can act as your named contact on the licence itself.
Because our immigration and employment teams sit side by side, you get advice that holds up from both angles - not one without the other.
Unsure if you are Home Office compliant? Use our online audit tool to see if you need us to assist.
Immigration Compliance Check
What we do - End-to-end support for UK employers
From the licence application to ongoing day-to-day management - pick the bits you need, or hand us the lot.
Sponsor licence applications
We find the licence structure that fits your business structure head office only, or covering branches and subsidiaries and build it to stand up first time
Compliance & management
We can review and prepare contractual and policy documentation and help with roll out of the same.
Immigration audits
A full health-check of your sponsorship and HR systems, delivered as a clear, RAG-rated report with practical fixes before the Home Office finds the gaps.
Visa applications, start to finish
From requesting and assigning Certificates of Sponsorship to the application itself - entry clearance, switching or extension across all the main routes.
Settlement & retention
Indefinite Leave to Remain for workers who qualify so you keep good people and lose the ongoing cost of re-sponsoring them.
Training & policy
Tailored sessions for managers and HR on right-to-work checks and sponsor duties plus a review of your immigration policies and clawback clauses.
THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER
Sponsorship costs add up fast. Here's what you're budgeting for on average.
£525
per Certificate of Sponsorship (Worker routes)
£1,320
Immigration Skills Charge, per worker / year (large sponsors)
8 wks
typical Home Office decision on a licence
£611-£1,682
sponsor licence fee - small / large
Avg.3
dedicated immigration specialists on your matter
Home Office fees correct as of June 2026 and payable to UKVI, not CG. Always confirm the latest figures on gov.uk before budgeting.
the routes we handle
Our Immigration Services
Whatever you're trying to do either bringing in a specialist, employing a graduate, or setting up in the UK - there's a route for it. We'll find the right one.
Skilled Worker
The UK's main work route. Long-term hires in eligible roles, with a path to settlement.
Graduate visa (employer-side)
Employing graduates already in the UK on the Graduate route.
Global Business Mobility - Senior or Specialist Worker
Moving senior staff or specialists from an overseas group company into the UK.
Youth Mobility Scheme
Younger workers from participating countries - no sponsorship needed, but worth getting right.
Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee
Graduates on a structured training programme within a multinational group.
Visitor - permitted activities
What overseas staff can and can't do on a business visit.
Global Business Mobility - UK Expansion Worker
Setting up a UK footprint before you have a trading presence.
Dependants
Partners and children of the above (where eligible), handled alongside the main application.
Global Business Mobility - Service Supplier and Secondment Worker
Contractual service and secondment arrangements with an overseas link.
Why employers choose CG?
We're a commercial firm first. Immigration advice that ignores the employment-law side is only half the picture.
Immigration and employment
Our focus is on delivering much of our support on a fixed price retainer basis where possible. Avoid being charged in minimum blocks of 6 minutes for every call, email or document! Budget friendly yearly planning provides you with certainty on our fees.
We protect sponsors first
Our focus is to keep the organisation holding the licence keeping you compliant, keeping the licence safe, and keeping unnecessary risk out of your recruitment.
Fees that suit how you work
Retainer, fixed fee, or ad-hoc advice when you need it. No open-ended hourly rates dressed up as flexibility. Our pricing is further down this page - out in the open.
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Immigration Compliance Check
Why not see if you are compliant?
Compliance visits are rising, and they increasingly turn up unannounced. An audit is the difference between fixing a problem on your terms and explaining it on theirs.
We review everything an officer would - contracts, Certificates of Sponsorship, licence records, right-to-work checks, payroll, reporting then cross-check it to surface the inconsistencies that cause trouble. You get a RAG-rated report, with a plain-English action point against every item.
Working with us - what to expect
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Immigration FAQ's
Everything you need to know about Business Immigration and how CG can help.
In most cases, yes. To employ someone who doesn't already have the right to work in the UK including EU, EEA and Swiss nationals who arrived after 31 December 2020 - you'll generally need a sponsor licence before they can apply for their visa. There are a few exceptions, and we can tell you quickly whether you need one.
Business immigration is the area of law that governs how UK employers recruit, sponsor and retain workers who require permission to work in the UK.
In practice it sits on three pillars: setting up your licence accurately, getting a sponsor licence, using it correctly to bring people in, and keeping it by staying compliant once you have it.
Most employers meet this world the moment they want to hire someone from outside the UK including EU, EEA and Swiss nationals who arrived after 31 December 2020. With a licence comes a set of duties the Home Office can inspect at any time.
Plenty of firms will get you a licence. Far fewer will help you keep it. We do both.
Hiring globally? Let's make it the easy part.
Whether you're applying for your first licence, bracing for a compliance visit, or just want the immigration headache off your plate - we're ready when you are.
Want to speak to one of the wider CG team?
We can be contacted in several ways: use the enquiry form below, phone us, e-mail or follow us on social media.
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