UK Sponsor Licence Auditor (Skilled Worker)

Overview

The UK Sponsor Licence Auditor skill supports HR and legal teams in preparing and maintaining compliance for UK Skilled Worker sponsor licences. It covers the complete Authorising Officer (AO) evidence pack — from record-keeping policies and SMS reporting procedures through to visa-expiry monitoring and compliance-visit readiness — and validates job descriptions and Certificates of Sponsorship against 2026 SOC codes and salary thresholds. The skill includes two validation tools, a full evidence-pack template, a sponsor-duties checklist, and reference material on UKVI guidance and going rates.

Getting Started

Upload your existing HR policies, job descriptions, or Certificate of Sponsorship drafts to the project workspace, then activate the UK Sponsor Licence Auditor skill. The agent will guide you through the process: gathering company context, classifying the task (full evidence pack, salary check, or compliance audit), applying the relevant validation tools, and delivering findings with actionable recommendations. The result is saved as a structured evidence pack or compliance report ready for internal review or a UKVI compliance visit.

Example Conversation

Below is an example of how a typical session for preparing an AO evidence pack and checking a CoS salary might unfold. The agent gathers context, drafts the pack, validates it, and checks a new hire’s salary threshold.

You: We need to prepare the Authorising Officer evidence pack for our sponsor licence. Our company is Meridian Consulting Ltd, licence number A1B2C3D4. I’m the AO — Sarah Chen, Head of People. We currently sponsor 12 Skilled Worker visa holders and plan to hire a Senior Data Engineer at £52,000 p.a. The job spec is in jobs/senior_data_engineer.md.

Agent: I’ll prepare the evidence pack for Meridian Consulting and also check the salary for the new role. Let me start by setting up the template and running the salary check in parallel.

soc_code_salary_check run on jobs/senior_data_engineer.md:

• SOC code detected: 2134 (Programmers and software developers) — inferred from job title keywords
• Going rate (SOC 2134): £41,900
• General threshold: £38,700
• Applicable minimum: £41,900 (going rate is higher)
• Offered salary: £52,000
• [OK] Salary meets the minimum threshold

The Senior Data Engineer role at £52,000 clears both the general threshold and the going rate for SOC 2134. One thing to confirm: is the SOC code 2134 correct for this role, or should it be 2135 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers)?

You: 2134 is correct. Now please complete the evidence pack — our HR system is BambooHR, we use it for attendance and record-keeping. We don’t have a formal reporting procedure for SMS events yet.

Agent: I’ve drafted the full evidence pack with your details. For sections 2 (Record-keeping) and 4 (Monitoring) I’ve referenced BambooHR as your system of record. For section 3 (Reporting), I’ve flagged a gap: you don’t yet have a written SMS reporting procedure. Let me validate the draft now.

sponsor_license_auditor run on the evidence pack:

• Record-keeping: 7/8 items covered (88%) — missing ATAS certificate reference (mark N/A if not applicable)
• Reporting: 3/5 items covered (60%) — missing: 10-working-day deadline documentation, non-attendance reporting trigger
• Monitoring: 4/5 items covered (80%) — missing: professional registration tracking
• Compliance: 5/6 items covered (83%) — missing: staff training documentation
• Overall: 79% — PASS WITH WARNINGS

Recommendations:

1. Write a short SMS reporting procedure (I can draft one) documenting each reportable event, the responsible person, and the 10-working-day deadline.
2. Add a training log showing annual sponsor-duties refresher for you (AO), HR staff, and hiring managers.
3. Confirm whether any roles require professional registration — if not, note “N/A” in the monitoring section.

You: Please draft the SMS reporting procedure and add the training log. None of our roles require professional registration.

Agent: Done. I’ve added the SMS reporting procedure as a subsection and populated the training log table with recommended sessions and frequencies. Professional registration is now marked N/A. Re-running the audit:

sponsor_license_auditor: 23/24 items covered (96%) — PASS. The one remaining item is the ATAS certificate, which is correctly marked N/A. Your evidence pack is ready for review.

Document Excerpt

Below is a representative excerpt from an Authorising Officer Evidence Pack produced with the help of this skill.

Authorising Officer Evidence Pack — Meridian Consulting Ltd (Excerpt)

Sponsor Licence Number: A1B2C3D4 Authorising Officer: Sarah Chen, Head of People Date Prepared: 14 February 2026

2. Record-keeping (Appendix D Compliance)

Per-Worker File Contents — each sponsored worker’s BambooHR record contains:

Records are retained electronically for the duration of sponsorship plus one year. All documents can be retrieved and exported within two hours if requested during a compliance visit.

3.2 Reportable Events and Responsible Persons

This excerpt is illustrative. Final content must reflect the company’s specific policies, systems, and sponsored-worker details.

Extension Tools

The skill includes two extension tools that automate compliance checking and salary validation.

sponsor_license_auditor

Scans an HR policy document or evidence-pack file and validates coverage of the four UKVI sponsor duties.

sponsor_license_auditor path="evidence_pack.md"

soc_code_salary_check

Cross-references a job description or CoS draft against 2026 SOC codes and Skilled Worker salary thresholds.

soc_code_salary_check path="jobs/role.md" soc_code="2134" is_new_entrant=false

Interpreting Results

• RESULT: PASS — The evidence pack covers all four duties adequately, or the salary meets the applicable threshold. Review any warnings (partial coverage, inferred SOC code) before finalising.
• RESULT: FAIL / GAPS FOUND — Specific findings are listed with severity (ERROR, WARNING, INFO). Address errors before submitting the evidence pack or assigning the CoS.

These tools provide a structural pre-check — they do not replace legal advice. Final decisions rest with UKVI and the Home Office.