Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 3FEES IN RELATION TO SPONSOR LICENCES

Fees for applications for sponsor licences, for certificates of sponsorship or for premium customer services

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“premium customer services” 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(1);

(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(2), or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(3) or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register;

(2) In this Schedule, reference to Tier 2, Tier 4 and Tier 5 premium customer services means the premium customer services offered to sponsors of persons applying for leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the stated Tier.

2. Table 10 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for sponsor licences or the renewal of such a licence where the application is not in respect of a small or charitable sponsor, for the issuing of certificates of sponsorship, and for premium customer services for sponsors.

Table 10 (Fees in relation to sponsor licences)

Number of fee	Type of application, service, or process	Amount of fee
10.1	Fees for applications for sponsor licences where applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor
10.1.1	Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants.	£1,476
10.1.2	Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 4 Migrants.	£1,476
10.1.3	Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 Migrants.	£1,476
10.1.4	Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2, Tier 4 and Tier 5 Migrants.	£1,476
10.2	Fees for premium customer services for sponsors
10.2.1	The provision of Tier 2 and Tier 5 premium customer services to a sponsor that is not a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.	£25,000
10.2.2	The provision of Tier 2 and Tier 5 premium customer services to a small or charitable sponsor for a period of 12 months.	£8,000
10.2.3	The provision of Tier 4 premium customer services to a sponsor for a period of 12 months.	£8,000
10.3	Fees for the process of issuing certificates of sponsorship
10.3.1	The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to remain in or enter the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national.	£184

(1)

2006 c.46; section 381 was amended by the Companies Act 2006 (Amendment) (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/393)

(2)

2011 c.25.

(3)

2008 c.12.