This can be done via the Government’s website. We have a specialist at Aston Brooks Solicitors to help support with this process and are willing to support at a reduced rate for Recruitment By AP clients.

It can take up to 8 weeks to apply for and get an answer for your first sponsorship licence. This can be reduced when applying for your second. Alternatively, you can buy a fast pass for £500 to get your result in 10 working days.

This is all dependent on the size of the company and the amount of accommodation available. Usually 5-10 licenses will be provided at first. If there is a need for more then these will have to be applied for via the home office.

The care provider will provide the accommodation. This can be provided in two ways. The care home buys the property and rents this to the applicant, or one of our welfare officers can help support with finding properties. In both scenarios, the employers will provide the first month’s rent to allow the candidate to settle in. Our Welfare team will work with the home to make sure the same genders are living together if there are only 2 bedrooms. (ex: 2 women or 2 men) to avoid sexual harassment. If the accommodation is not affordable, as this can vary according to the location, the care home is to support with the bills/rent.

Our extensive screening process is set up to prevent this, but if this unlikely scenario does happen, the applicant can be transferred to a different care provider with an intra-company visa, and the current CoS can be applied to another applicant.

The applicants and care providers will complete a profile form. This will then be run through a bespoke made system where it will match up the perfect applicants and care providers.

References will be obtained when completing the signup process – similar to an HR process. This will be two employer references and one personal reference. References will be sent prior to the interview if requested.

Background checks are done differently in every country. Recruitment by AP understands this process and will complete full-background checks on each applicant. The Government website provides information on this.

We accept applicants with various levels of experience and those part of the scheme run by Aston Brookes. We work with providers to ascertain how much experience they are requiring from potential candidates.

Nurses need to complete a nursing degree in their home country and complete an OSCE exam once in the UK.

Ed2Careers has links to an online and offline training platform to allow applicants to have access and learn prior to travelling to the UK and to also allow staff to continue to learn while at work. Zoom sessions are set up with providers prior to travel to learn about company values and give a thorough induction.

This is down to the employer’s discretion and depends on the accommodation situation. The money could be taken out before receiving wages (shown as a deductible) or paid back to the home or other provider after being paid.

Bringing relatives is down to the discretion of the home. If the care provider does not have enough space for accommodation, this can make the process slower.

This is dependent on what licence you would like to take, however, if you choose to extend then Recruitment by AP would be more than happy to help assist.

This is variable from location and will be discussed with the employers when completing the profile form.

The process can take anywhere from 3 weeks (depending if the care provider applied for a fast track of their CoS) to 3 months.

Ed2Careers has partnership with Recruitment by AP and it links with specialist solicitors, Aston Brooke, in the UK, High-end recruiters in overseas countries and Highly trained consultants based in the UK to provide high quality and seamless hiring of overseas candidates.

These are all things Recruitment by AP can help with obtaining. IELTS certificate, (UKVI) version Police Clearance Certificate from your country of origin, copy of passports (main applicant and any dependants), proof of address, proof of COVID vaccination.

With a sponsor licence, organisations can improve their workforce diversity. A multinational organisation with a diverse workforce can easily work on cross-border projects. Also, a sponsor licence allows employers to bring new talents from different countries of the world. With an inclusive and diverse environment, employers can improve on their teamwork perspective. Besides, diversity in a company with strong cultural values will result in an innovative and more powerful work environment.

In multinational organisations, there are demands for different skills. Some of these skills are rare to find. So, a sponsor licence will enable employers to hire skills that are in great supply in other parts of the world. With the sponsorship scheme, employers resolve the problem of the shortage of talent in their local environment.