Back to Basics: how to sponsor a skilled worker

Elaine McIlroy and Gregor Craig-Murphy discuss:
• how to check who is eligible for sponsorship (including April 4 2024 changes);
• how to issue a certificate of sponsorship;
• timing: when you can apply and interaction with notice periods; and
• what documents need to be included with a visa application.
Speaker biographies:
Elaine McIlroy
Elaine heads the firm’s Immigration offering and acts for employers across the UK.
On the immigration side, Elaine has acted for employers in a range of sectors including Universities, financial services organisations, oil and gas, healthcare. She provides advice in relation to Sponsor Licence applications, compliance issues, Skilled Worker visas, business visitors, Innovator/ Start Up, Global Talent visas, Hong Kong BN(O) visas and Student visas.
Elaine also advises employers on the whole spectrum of employment law issues but has a special focus on TUPE and strategic advisory work. She regularly appears in employment tribunals across the UK and is interested in all areas of discrimination law - diversity and inclusion is a passion of hers.
Gregor Craig-Murphy
Gregor is a senior solicitor in the employment and immigration team who qualified into the team in 2021. Gregor completed his traineeship at Brodies and has completed seats in Brodies' banking & finance and corporate teams before completing his final seat in the employment and immigration team.
Gregor has worked across both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. He has assisted with high value and complex tribunal claims across a spectrum of topics. Gregor has also provided clients with day-to-day employment advice and has experience in drafting contracts of employment and policies as well as drafting and negotiating settlement agreements. He has also assisted with a variety of immigration matters.
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