Licensed sponsors by route

A licence covers one or more immigration routes, and most organisations hold only one. These are the routes in the current register.

Routes in the register

16

Organisations licensed

127,307

Licensed for Skilled Worker

121,972

Register published

4 Sept 2026

The Health and Care Worker visa is part of the Skilled Worker route, and the Home Office does not publish it separately. An organisation licensed for several routes is counted under each.

• Skilled Worker121,972121,972 licensed sponsors
• Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker10,33110,331 licensed sponsors
• Minister of Religion1,9481,948 licensed sponsors
• Creative Worker1,5771,577 licensed sponsors
• Charity Worker1,5291,529 licensed sponsors
• International Sportsperson1,4611,461 licensed sponsors
• Religious Worker1,4281,428 licensed sponsors
• Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee619619 licensed sponsors
• Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker424424 licensed sponsors
• Government Authorised Exchange244244 licensed sponsors
• International Agreement134134 licensed sponsors
• Scale-up9191 licensed sponsors
• Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier5454 licensed sponsors
• Global Business Mobility: Secondment Worker66 licensed sponsors
• Seasonal Worker66 licensed sponsors
• Intra-company Transfer (legacy route)11 licensed sponsors