Immigration lawyers in Wembley for sponsor licences
A Wembley business can instruct an immigration lawyer to handle its sponsor licence without an in-person meeting, because the Home Office accepts licence applications through an online service and email, along with supporting documents. Write to us with the form, and a firm of immigration solicitors that handles sponsor licence cases will answer you.
- Organisations with sponsor licences in WembleyThere are 418 organisationsThey account for 0.3% of the UK's 127,744
- On the Skilled Worker route409of the 418 in Wembley
- Senior or Specialist transfers5sponsors 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 licensed sponsors register, 22 October 2026 edition.
Immigration solicitors in Wembley for sponsor licences
Wembley employers looking for an immigration solicitor often seek help with one of these areas:
- getting a licence on a first application
- finding out what they can do after a refusal
- keeping on top of their sponsor duties
- responding to a suspension letter, or handling a revocation
- sponsoring one particular worker under a licence they already hold
Each one brings its own papers and deadlines. One regulated immigration solicitor firm receives your question and then deals with you directly. What that process involves is explained in our general guide to immigration solicitors.
| Skilled Worker | 409 |
|---|---|
| Minister of Religion (old Tier 2) | 7 |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | 5 |
| Religious Worker | 5 |
| Charity Worker | 2 |
| Creative Worker | 2 |
Does your immigration lawyer need to be in Wembley?
Not for the licence. The Home Office must receive the supporting documents by email within 5 working days after you submit the online form (Appendix A, 1.3 and 1.5). Your key contact receives any question from a caseworker by email. This person is named on the licence as the Home Office's main contact. This means a firm anywhere in the UK can manage a Wembley application for you by email and video.
Visits change that arrangement. The Home Office conducts a compliance visit at your premises or your sponsored staff's workplace, and the visit may happen without notice (sponsor guidance Part 3).
Wembley employers with sponsor licences
As of 22 October 2026, 418 organisations on the Home Office register name Wembley as their town (GOV.UK register). Wembley’s figure is about 0.3% of 127,744 licensed sponsors across the UK. It lies between Hayes (421) and Norwich (404) in a register covering 5,763 towns. Of the Wembley sponsors, 409 hold a Skilled Worker licence. Use our register search to look up a named employer.
Wembley belongs to Greater London, although the register separates each town. An employer listed as London falls under London's total of 36,656, not Wembley's figure.
Meeting the compliance rules for a Wembley licence
Once you hold a licence, most changes to your organisation must be reported within 20 working days using the sponsorship management system (SMS) (Part 3, section C2), the Home Office's online sponsor account. For a suspension letter, you have 20 working days to send a written response (Part 3, section C9). Employers usually bring in a solicitor during that short window. Day-to-day duties appear in our sponsor duties guide.
Lawyer fees and the papers to collect first
Solicitors set their own prices. Sponsor licence applications cost £3,000 to £4,500 plus VAT at two firms that publish their prices. The firm that responds will give you its own quote. It helps to have these ready before contact (Appendix A).
- your newest annual accounts, or, where they are posted free online, a Companies House link
- a recent statement from your business bank account
- HMRC proof of your PAYE registration, including your employer reference
- a staff list showing job titles for each worker, if your staff count is no more than 50
- the three licence management roles, and who will fill them: level 1 user, key contact and authorising officer (GOV.UK)
Questions from Wembley employers about immigration lawyers
How can I confirm whether a Wembley immigration lawyer is regulated?
Solicitors in Wembley are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority because Wembley is in England, and they appear in the SRA register. The Find a Solicitor directory is also available from the Law Society of England and Wales. For an adviser who isn't a solicitor, use the Immigration Advice Authority adviser finder, which indicates each adviser's permitted level of work. If an adviser is not regulated, you cannot get your money back, warns GOV.UK (GOV.UK).
What happens if our Wembley licence application is turned down?
Usually, you won't receive a licence if an earlier application failed within the past 6 months (GOV.UK). A review is available only if the caseworker made an error or failed to consider your documents; simple disagreement isn't enough (GOV.UK). By checking the refusal letter, a solicitor can explain which of these situations applies. Read our refused licence guide.
Ask an immigration solicitor about your Wembley business
Tell the firm what you are trying to do and it will answer by email.