Immigration lawyers in Coventry for sponsor licences
Since the Home Office accepts licence applications and supporting documents by email and online, a Coventry business can instruct an immigration lawyer for its sponsor licence without meeting in person. Fill in the form on this page to contact us; one immigration solicitor firm that handles sponsor licence cases will then reply.
- Licensed sponsors in Coventry915organisations, 0.7% of the UK's 127,744
- On the Skilled Worker route874of the 915 in Coventry
- Senior or Specialist transfers37sponsors moving staff from an overseas branch
- Sponsor licence fee£611 or £1,682small or charity / medium or large, paid to the Home Office
These figures come from the Home Office's licensed sponsor register, 22 October 2026 edition.
Sponsor licence help from immigration solicitors in Coventry
Coventry employers looking for an immigration solicitor usually want help with one of these:
- getting a licence on a first application
- weighing up their options after a refusal
- staying on top of their sponsor duties
- replying to a suspension letter, or handling a revocation
- sponsoring one particular worker with a licence they already hold
Each one comes with its own deadlines and its own papers. Your question reaches a single regulated immigration solicitor firm, which then handles your matter with you directly. Our general immigration solicitor guide explains what that involves.
| Skilled Worker | 874 |
|---|---|
| Senior or Specialist Worker | 37 |
| Religious Worker | 19 |
| Minister of Religion (old Tier 2) | 17 |
| Charity Worker | 16 |
| Creative Worker | 13 |
| International Sportsperson | 6 |
| Graduate Trainee | 4 |
| Government Authorised Exchange | 3 |
| UK Expansion Worker | 2 |
Does your immigration lawyer need to be based in Coventry?
Not for the licence. The application form is completed online. Its supporting documents must then get to the Home Office by email in the 5 working days after you submit (Appendix A, sections 1.3 and 1.5). The licence names your key contact as the Home Office's main contact, and that is who a caseworker emails with any question. Email and video mean a UK firm from any location can manage a Coventry application for you.
That changes with visits. Your premises, or any site where your sponsored staff do their work, can be visited by the Home Office for compliance, and the visit can be unannounced (sponsor guidance Part 3).
Coventry employers that hold a sponsor licence
Coventry is given as their town by 915 organisations listed on the Home Office register dated 22 October 2026 (GOV.UK register). Across the UK there are 127,744 licensed sponsors, so this is about 0.7%. Among the register's 5,763 towns, Coventry sits between Reading (913) and Ilford (942). A Skilled Worker licence is held by 874 of the Coventry sponsors. Look up a named employer on our register search.
Keeping compliant with a Coventry licence
Once you hold a licence, you must report most changes affecting your organisation inside 20 working days. You do this through SMS, the sponsorship management system, which is the Home Office's online sponsor account (Part 3, section C2). A suspension letter also gives you 20 working days to reply in writing (Part 3, section C9). Employers usually bring in a solicitor during that short window. The day-to-day duties are listed in our sponsor duties guide.
What lawyers charge and the papers you need first
Solicitors set their own fees. Two firms that publish their prices put the cost of a sponsor licence application at £3,000 to £4,500 plus VAT. Whichever firm replies, you'll get that firm's own quote. It helps to have the following ready before you contact anyone (Appendix A):
- your most recent annual accounts, or a Companies House link to them, where they're posted free online
- a recent statement from your business bank account
- HMRC proof of PAYE registration, with your employer reference shown
- a staff list showing everyone's job title, if you have no more than 50 employees
- who will be the key contact, level 1 user and authorising officer, the three roles for managing a licence (GOV.UK)
Coventry employers' questions about immigration lawyers
How can I check a Coventry immigration lawyer is regulated?
Since Coventry sits in England, the Solicitors Regulation Authority regulates solicitors there and lists them on the SRA register. A Find a Solicitor directory is also run by the Law Society of England and Wales. When the adviser isn't a solicitor, use the Immigration Advice Authority adviser finder; it shows what level of work each adviser may do. You cannot get your money back from an unregulated adviser, as GOV.UK warns (GOV.UK).
What happens if our Coventry licence application was refused?
If you applied without success in the last 6 months, you won't usually get a licence (GOV.UK). A review is only available if the caseworker made an error or overlooked your documents; simply disagreeing is not enough (GOV.UK). Which of these applies is something a solicitor can tell you after reading the refusal letter. Our refused licence guide has more.
Ask an immigration solicitor about your Coventry business
Tell the firm what you are trying to do and it will answer by email.