Maintenance for the duration of the sponsorship
Last updated:To comply with the sponsorship duties and compliance, the HR Safeguarding in Employment team must report to the Home Office UKVI within 10 working days specific changes to the workers’ circumstances, on behalf of the school for the entire duration of the sponsorship agreement. The school must assign a dedicated school admin officer to liaise these changes to the HR Safeguarding in Employment team as soon as they become acknowledged.
The overview of the changes are:
- start date/ did not arrive on start date
- job details (e.g. job title/ duties/ salary/ hours/ work location)
- residential address/contact details (these must always be up to date)
- Unauthorised absence
- Authorised unpaid leave of up to one month
- Change in salary due to leave (NB unpaid leave of more than a month requires new visa except maternity, paternity, adoption. sick)
- Left early (e.g. finished early/ resigned/ dismissed)
- Change in immigration status (e.g. granted ILR/ other visa/ other nationality)
- Left in line with visa
Non-compliance with the sponsor reporting duties could seriously affect BC’s sponsor licence. If the licence is downgraded or suspended all sponsored employees’ visas would be curtailed by the Home Office.
In addition, the designated officer must obtain and supply further documents required for sponsored workers to the HR Safeguarding in Employment team to comply with Appendix D UK Visas and Immigration requirements.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens using the below guidance.