Immigration lawyers in Bradford for sponsor licences
A Bradford business can appoint an immigration lawyer for its sponsor licence without meeting in person, as the Home Office accepts applications and supporting documents by email and online. Send us a message through this page's form, and one firm of immigration solicitors handling sponsor licence cases will reply.
- Bradford licensed sponsors740organisations, or 0.6% of the UK's 127,744
- Under the Skilled Worker route706out of Bradford's 740
- Transfers under the Senior or Specialist route10sponsors bringing staff over from a branch abroad
- Sponsor licence fee£611 or £1,682small or charity / medium or large, paid to the Home Office
These numbers come from the Home Office edition of the licensed sponsors register dated 22 October 2026.
Sponsor licence help from Bradford immigration solicitors
Bradford employers looking for an immigration solicitor usually want help with one of these:
- getting a licence on a first application
- identifying their options after a refusal
- staying on top of their sponsor duties
- replying to a suspension letter, or handling a revocation
- sponsoring one specific worker with a licence they already have
Each one comes with its own deadlines and its own paperwork. Your question is passed to a single regulated immigration solicitor firm, which then works with you directly. The details are covered in our general immigration solicitors guide.
| Skilled Worker | 706 |
|---|---|
| Minister of Religion (old Tier 2) | 23 |
| Religious Worker | 17 |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | 10 |
| Charity Worker | 9 |
| International Sportsperson | 9 |
| Creative Worker | 4 |
Must your immigration lawyer be based in Bradford?
No, not for the licence. You submit the form online, and the supporting documents must then be emailed to the Home Office within 5 working days (Appendix A, sections 1.3 and 1.5). Your key contact is who a caseworker emails with any question. The licence names that person as the Home Office's main contact. A firm based anywhere in the UK can therefore handle a Bradford application for you over video and email.
Visits are the exception. Your premises, or any place your sponsored staff work, is where a Home Office compliance visit takes place, and it can arrive unannounced (sponsor guidance Part 3).
Bradford employers that hold a sponsor licence
The Home Office register of 22 October 2026 shows 740 organisations whose town is Bradford (GOV.UK register). They represent around 0.6% of the 127,744 sponsors licensed across the UK. Among 5,763 towns on the register, Bradford sits between Harrow (815) and Liverpool (739). Of the sponsors in Bradford, 706 hold a Skilled Worker licence. To look up an employer by name, try our register search.
How to stay compliant with a Bradford licence
Once you hold a licence, most changes to your organisation must be reported within 20 working days, using SMS (the sponsorship management system), the Home Office's online sponsor account (Part 3, section C2). A suspension letter also has to be answered in writing within 20 working days (Part 3, section C9). That tight window is when a solicitor is usually brought in by employers. The day-to-day duties are set out in our sponsor duties guide.
What lawyers charge, and the papers to gather first
Prices are set by each solicitor. Where firms publish their prices, a sponsor licence application costs £3,000 to £4,500 plus VAT at two of them. The firm that answers you will quote its own fee. It helps to have these ready before you get in touch (Appendix A):
- your latest annual accounts, or a link to the free Companies House page where they are posted
- a recent statement from your business bank account
- proof from HMRC that you are registered for PAYE, with your employer reference on it
- a list of your staff and the job title each person holds, if your workforce is no more than 50
- the names for the three licence management roles: your authorising officer, your key contact, and your level 1 user (GOV.UK)
Questions Bradford employers ask about immigration lawyers
How do I make sure a Bradford immigration lawyer is regulated?
Since Bradford is in England, the Solicitors Regulation Authority regulates its solicitors, and you can find them on the SRA register. There is also a Find a Solicitor directory from the Law Society of England and Wales. For an adviser who is not a solicitor, use the Immigration Advice Authority adviser finder; it shows what level of work each adviser may do. If an adviser is not regulated, you cannot get your money back, as GOV.UK warns (GOV.UK).
What happens if our Bradford licence application was refused?
A failed application in the last 6 months usually means no licence (GOV.UK). You can only seek a review where the caseworker made a mistake or never considered your documents. Merely disagreeing isn't grounds (GOV.UK). Which of these applies is something a solicitor can work out from your refusal letter. Our refused licence guide has more.
Ask an immigration solicitor about your Bradford business
Tell the firm what you are trying to do and it will answer by email.