Certificates of Sponsorship (COS)

A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS, the digital record you assign to a worker before they apply for their visa) is where most sponsorship problems begin. This session covers your obligations as a sponsor, what a complete and correct application looks like, and the details that most often trigger a rejection: a salary that doesn't match, the wrong SOC code, a start date that slips.

We'll walk through the assignment process step by step, the duties that come with every CoS you issue, and the checks that catch a problem before it reaches the Home Office. Get those right and the worker starts on time, with no gap in care to cover and no costly re-application to manage.

What you'll leave with:

• What your obligations are when you assign a CoS, and where sponsors most often fall short.
• What a perfect application looks like field by field, so there's nothing for the Home Office to query.
• The common triggers of rejection, and how to check for each one before you assign.