A clear starting point for employers and HR teams on UK work sponsorship — built only on officially published GOV.UK rules. VisaBuddy gives your candidates accurate information; it never files a licence or gives advice, so you stay on the right side of the line.
Sponsoring an overseas hire usually means the Skilled Worker route, a sponsor licence, and a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) — plus statutory right-to-work checks and the English language requirement. The salary and occupation rules change often. VisaBuddy helps your candidates see exactly what the current published rules require for their situation; the regulated steps (applying for the licence, assigning a CoS) stay with you and your advisers.
The main sponsored work route: requirements, documents and process.
See the route →The route for eligible health and care roles, as published.
See the route →Answer a few questions and VisaBuddy tells you exactly what the published rules say for your situation — in under a minute.
Start the free check →Give every candidate and employee unlimited free checks and appointment-ready reports for a flat £250 a year — support your overseas hires from offer to arrival, without straying into advice.
VisaBuddy for employers →Exclusively from officially published GOV.UK guidance. Every answer links to the exact official page it came from and shows the date it was last checked.
Every route is automatically re-checked against the official GOV.UK pages each week, and each answer displays the date it was last checked — important because the UK rules change often.
No. VisaBuddy provides general information from publicly available government sources only. It never assesses eligibility, recommends a route or predicts an outcome — that requires a regulated adviser.
VisaBuddy is a trading name of Culture & Clarity Ltd, UK company 16795837. General information from publicly available UK government sources, re-checked weekly. Not immigration advice.