Certificate of sponsorship fee: Sponsorship Fee Table
The Sponsorship Fee Table carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 525 to 1,071 GBP, read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By charge
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| chargesponsor licence, Worker, small or charitable sponsor | 611GBP | 611 to 611GBP | 1 |
| chargeadd a Worker licence to an existing Temporary Worker licence | 1,071GBP | 1,071 to 1,071GBP | 1 |
| chargepriority service on a licence application | 750GBP | 750 to 750GBP | 1 |
| chargecertificate of sponsorship, Worker | 525GBP | 525 to 525GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence | 1,071GBP | add a Worker licence to an existing Temporary Worker licence | 2026-10-12 |
| GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence | 750GBP | priority service on a licence application | 2026-10-12 |
| GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence | 611GBP | sponsor licence, Worker, small or charitable sponsor | 2026-10-12 |
| GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: certificates of sponsorship | 525GBP | certificate of sponsorship, Worker | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (4)
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence, read 2026-10-12:
Add a Worker licence to an existing Temporary Worker licence No fee £1,071
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence, read 2026-10-12:
You may be able to pay an extra £750 to get a decision within 10 working days.
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence, read 2026-10-12:
Type of licence Fee for small or charitable sponsors Fee for medium or large sponsors Worker £611 £1,682
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: certificates of sponsorship, read 2026-10-12:
Type of licence Cost per certificate Worker (except workers on the International Sportsperson visa) £525
Read in full, publishes no figure
14 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 April 2026 (Table 11, Sponsorship), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026 (Table 11), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 21 October / 11 November 2025 (Table 11), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 9 April 2025 (Table 11), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 1 July 2025, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- GOV.UK UK visa fees (the publication that carries every dated table), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: immigration skills charge, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- GOV.UK Skilled Worker visa: how much it costs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- GOV.UK immigration health surcharge: how much you have to pay, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/311), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Workers and Temporary Workers: sponsor a skilled worker (Home Office sponsor guidance), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 2, sponsor a worker, read 2026-11-07: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 16 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 14 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 148 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): Two things nobody publishes.
First, the TOTAL: one row per statutory charge that falls on the employer - licence, certificate of sponsorship, immigration skills charge, priority services, action plan - assembled into the cost of sponsoring one worker for one, three and five years, per sponsor size and per route, each line quoted verbatim from the Home Office's own table with its effective date; the Home Office publishes the lines and never the sum, and the sum is what the buyer typed.
Second, the SERIES: the dated fee tables are snapshots of the same table, so the movement is measurable rather than asserted - the small-sponsor Worker licence read £536 on the 9 April 2025 table, £574 from 9 April 2025, and £611 from 8 April 2026, and the priority service for sponsor licence applications went £500 to £750 on the 21 October 2025 table.
Changed-since each new dated table is the release, and a rate turn is the news.
148 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (16)
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 April 2026 (Table 11, Sponsorship)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026 (Table 11)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 21 October / 11 November 2025 (Table 11)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 9 April 2025 (Table 11)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 1 July 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK UK visa fees (the publication that carries every dated table)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: immigration skills charge(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: apply for your licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK UK visa sponsorship for employers: certificates of sponsorship(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK Skilled Worker visa: how much it costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK immigration health surcharge: how much you have to pay(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Immigration, Nationality and Passports (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/311)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Workers and Temporary Workers: sponsor a skilled worker (Home Office sponsor guidance)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 2, sponsor a worker(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Sponsorship Fee Table carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 525 to 1,071 GBP, read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Sponsorship Fee Table, charge sponsor licence, Worker, small or charitable sponsor: median 611 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Sponsorship Fee Table, charge add a Worker licence to an existing Temporary Worker licence: median 1,071 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Sponsorship Fee Table, charge priority service on a licence application: median 750 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Sponsorship Fee Table, charge certificate of sponsorship, Worker: median 525 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "sponsorlicencecost.co.uk Sponsorship Fee Table", updated 2026-11-08, https://sponsorlicencecost.co.uk/datasets/sponsorship-fee-table/.
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Questions this data answers
What does the Home Office charge an employer to get and hold a sponsor licence - the licence itself, the certificate of sponsorship, the immigration skills charge, the priority services - per sponsor size and per route, and how have those fees moved?
The Sponsorship Fee Table carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 525 to 1,071 GBP, read 12 October 2026.
Where do the figures in the Sponsorship Fee Table come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 12 Oct 2026). 16 named sources were read and 2 publish a figure; the 14 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.