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SCHEDULE 4U.K.SPONSORSHIP

InterpretationU.K.

1.  In this Schedule—

confirmation of acceptance for studies” means an authorisation issued by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student;

premium services for sponsors” means the optional premium customer services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;

small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

(a)

a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006 M1;

(b)

in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

(c)

a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 M2, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 M3, or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register M4;

sponsorship management request” means an electronic request made by a sponsor in connection with their sponsor licence, through their sponsorship management system account;

[F1“students” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under [F2Appendix Student or Appendix Child Student] to the immigration rules;

“the student route” means either or both of—

(a)

the Student route provided for by [F3Appendix Student] to the immigration rules;

(b)

the Child Student route provided for by [F4Appendix Child Student] to the immigration rules;

“Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment” means the check which a sponsor with Probationary Sponsor status must apply for in order to become registered as having Student Sponsor status, or for which sponsors already registered with Student Sponsor status must apply in order to maintain that registration;]

[F5“temporary workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—

(a)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules,

(b)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules,

(c)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to those rules,

(d)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules,

(e)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative or Sporting Worker to those rules,

(f)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules, or

(g)

Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules;

“the temporary worker route” means any or all of—

(a)

the Seasonal Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Seasonal Worker to the immigration rules;

(b)

the Youth Mobility Scheme route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to those rules;

(c)

the Religious Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Religious Worker to those rules;

(d)

the Charity Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Charity Worker to those rules;

(e)

the Creative or Sporting Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Creative and Sporting Worker to those rules;

(f)

the International Agreement Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) International Agreement Worker to those rules;

(g)

the Government Authorised Exchange Worker route provided for by Appendix T5 (Temporary Worker) Government Authorised Exchange Worker to those rules;

“temporary worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of temporary workers;]

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F7...

[F8“workers” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under—

(a)

Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules,

(b)

Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules,

(c)

Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, or

(d)

Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules;

“the worker route” means any or all of—

(a)

the Skilled Worker route provided for by Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules;

(b)

the Intra-Company Transfer route provided for by Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules;

(c)

the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route provided for by Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules;

(d)

the T2 Minister of Religion route provided for by Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules;

(e)

the T2 Sportsperson route provided for by Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules;

“worker sponsor” means a person who has a sponsor licence in respect of workers.]

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M12006 c. 46; section 381 was amended by S.I. 2008/393.

M4The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10).