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Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

Question for Home Office

UIN 9324, tabled on 15 October 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to enable foreign workers to switch sponsors when their original employer ceases trading, particularly where the individual (a) is actively seeking employment and (b) wishes to remain in the UK.

Answered on

22 October 2024

Links to comprehensive guidance are available to companies wishing to obtain sponsor licences and sponsored workers wanting to switch sponsors on the Gov.uk website at: www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

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Home Office
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