Regulation 6
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 company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006(1);
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
“Tier” means the route, provided for in the immigration rules, by which a person seeking leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant, a Tier 4 Migrant or a Tier 5 Migrant applies for such entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain;
“Tier 4 Sponsor status” means the status that a sponsor attains when they are recorded on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Home Office as having Tier 4 Sponsor status.
2. Table 14 specifies the amount of the fees for the specified applications for sponsor licences, for the issuing of certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance of studies, and for premium customer services for sponsors.
| Number of fee | Type of application, service, or process | Amount of fee |
|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | Fees for applications for sponsor licences where applicant is not a small or charitable sponsor | |
| 14.1.1 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants. | £1,476 |
| 14.1.2 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 4 Migrants. | £536 |
| 14.1.3 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 5 Migrants. | £536 |
| 14.1.4 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 4 Migrants. | £1,476 |
| 14.1.5 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 and Tier 5 Migrants. | £1,476 |
| 14.1.6 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2, Tier 4 and Tier 5 Migrants. | £1,476 |
| 14.2 | Fees for applications for sponsor licences where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor | |
| 14.2.1 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 2 Migrants where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
| 14.2.2 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 4 Migrants where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
14.2.3 | Application for sponsor licence in respect of Tier 5 Migrants where the applicant is a small or charitable sponsor. | £536 |
| 14.3 | Fees for premium customer services for sponsors | |
| 14.3.1 | 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 |
| 14.3.2 | 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 |
| 14.3.3 | The provision of Tier 4 premium customer services to a sponsor for a period of 12 months. | £8,000 |
| 14.4 | Fees for the process of issuing certificates of sponsorship and confirmations of acceptance for studies | |
| 14.4.1 | The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable). | £199 |
| 14.4.2 | The issuing of a confirmation of acceptance for studies in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 4 Migrant. | £21 |
| 14.4.3 | The issuing of a certificate of sponsorship in respect of an application or potential application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant where the application is not made in respect of a CESC national (in which case no fee is payable). | £21 |
3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies to add an additional Tier or additional Tiers to that licence, the fee payable is the sum equivalent to the difference (if any) between the fee already paid for the licence, and the highest fee chargeable in respect of a licence for any of the additional Tiers applied for.
(2) If the fee already paid is equal to or greater than that chargeable in respect of a licence for each additional Tier applied for, no further fee is payable.
(3) Where a person holding an existing valid sponsor licence applies for a separate licence in respect of an additional Tier, the fee payable is the full fee chargeable in respect of a licence for that Tier.
| Number of fee | Type of application or process | Amount of fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.1 | Fee for Tier 4 Migrants changing to another sponsor | ||
| 15.1.1 | Application by a Tier 4 Migrant for permission to change to another sponsor for the purposes of paragraph 323A of the immigration rules, where the person’s leave to enter or remain (as the case may be) in the United Kingdom as a Tier 4 Migrant results from an application for entry clearance or leave to remain in the United Kingdom made during the period beginning on 31st March 2009 and ending on 4th October 2009. | £179 | |
| 15.2 | Fee for applications for Tier 4 Sponsor status | ||
| 15.2.1 | Application for Tier 4 Sponsor status by a sponsor holding a sponsor licence in respect of Tier 4 Migrants. | £536 | |
| 15.3 | Fee for processes relating to sponsor licences | ||
| 15.3.1 | The issuing, on request, of an action plan to a sponsor with which a sponsor must comply in order to achieve or retain a particular status, or to remain on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Secretary of State. | £1,476 | |
2006 c. 46; section 381 was amended by S.I. 2008/393.
The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10).