Immigration lawyers in Southall for sponsor licences
No face-to-face meeting is needed for a Southall business to instruct an immigration lawyer on its sponsor licence, because the Home Office accepts applications and evidence online and by email. One immigration solicitors firm that handles sponsor licence cases will reply if you write to us using the form on this page.
- Sponsors with a licence in Southall423organisations out of the UK's 127,744, which comes to 0.3%
- Under the Skilled Worker route409of the Southall total of 423
- Transfers under Senior or Specialist5sponsors transferring staff from a branch overseas
- Sponsor licence fee£611 or £1,682for a small or charity employer, or a medium or large one, paid to the Home Office
These figures are taken from the register of licensed sponsors that the Home Office published on 22 October 2026.
Immigration solicitors in Southall for sponsor licences
When Southall employers search for an immigration solicitor, the support they tend to want falls into one of these areas:
- 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 of these needs its own set of papers, and deadlines differ too. One regulated firm of immigration solicitors takes your question and then works with you itself. To see what that involves, read our general guide to immigration solicitors.
| Skilled Worker | 409 |
|---|---|
| Minister of Religion (old Tier 2) | 10 |
| Religious Worker | 9 |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | 5 |
| Charity Worker | 3 |
| Creative Worker | 3 |
| UK Expansion Worker | 3 |
Does the lawyer you use for immigration have to be in Southall?
Not for the licence. After you submit the online application form, the supporting documents must be emailed to the Home Office within 5 working days (Appendix A, sections 1.3 and 1.5). The licence names your key contact as the Home Office's main contact, and any caseworker question reaches them by email. A firm based anywhere in the UK can therefore handle your Southall application over email and video.
Visits are the exception. A compliance visit by the Home Office happens at your premises or at the place where your sponsored staff work, and it can arrive unannounced (sponsor guidance Part 3).
Employers with a sponsor licence in Southall
On its 22 October 2026 register, the Home Office lists 423 organisations with Southall as their town (GOV.UK register). Across the UK there are 127,744 licensed sponsors, and Southall accounts for about 0.3% of them, placing it between Hayes (421) and Romford (446) among the 5,763 towns listed. Of the sponsors in Southall, 409 hold a Skilled Worker licence. To look up an employer by name, use our register search.
Southall sits within Greater London, but the register treats each town separately: an entry saying London counts towards the London total of 36,656, not towards Southall.
Keeping a Southall licence compliant
Most changes affecting your organisation must be reported inside 20 working days once you're licensed, and you do it via SMS. That sponsorship management system is the Home Office's online account that sponsors use (Part 3, section C2). A suspension letter also gives you 20 working days to respond in writing (Part 3, section C9). It's usually in that short window that employers bring in a solicitor. The day-to-day obligations are set out in our sponsor duties guide.
What lawyers charge, and which papers to gather first
Prices are set by each solicitor. Among the firms with published prices, two ask £3,000 to £4,500 plus VAT for a sponsor licence application. Whichever firm replies, it will quote you its own fee. It helps to have these ready before you get in touch (Appendix A):
- your most recent annual accounts, or a link to them on Companies House, where they appear online for free
- a bank statement for your business, dated recently
- HMRC evidence of your PAYE registration, with your employer reference shown
- a list of your staff and each person's job title, if you have no more than 50 employees
- your choices for the three licence management roles: the authorising officer, the key contact, and the level 1 user (GOV.UK)
Questions Southall employers ask about immigration lawyers
How do I check that an immigration lawyer in Southall is regulated?
Solicitors in Southall, which is in England, are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and appear on the SRA register. There is also a Find a Solicitor directory run by the Law Society of England and Wales. For an adviser who isn't a solicitor, search the adviser finder run by the Immigration Advice Authority. It shows each adviser's permitted level of work. You won't get your money back from an unregulated adviser, GOV.UK warns.
If our Southall licence application was refused, what then?
A failed application in the last 6 months means you won't usually get a licence (GOV.UK). A review is open to you in only two cases: the caseworker got something wrong, or your documents were never considered. Merely disagreeing does not qualify (GOV.UK). Which of these applies to you? A solicitor can read the refusal letter and advise you. Our refused licence guide has more detail.
Ask an immigration solicitor about your Southall business
Tell the firm what you are trying to do and it will answer by email.