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UKVI Sponsor Compliance Is Tightening: Why Care Providers Can’t Afford to “Hope for the Best”
If you sponsor overseas employees in the UK care sector, the compliance landscape has changed. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is conducting more checks, enforcement action has risen sharply, and the consequences of getting it wrong are now far more likely to land on your doorstep. Between July 2024 and June 2025 , the Home Office reported 1,948 sponsor licences revoked - more than double the previous 12 months (937). ( GOV.UK )For care providers and social care companies -

Mary Callaghan
Feb 55 min read


The Coming Crisis: How the UK Government’s Crackdown on Immigration Could Break Health and Social Care
Over the past year, the UK Government has launched a sweeping crackdown on immigration in a bid to reduce overall migrant numbers and...

Mary Callaghan
Aug 6, 20255 min read


Locked Out: How UK Immigration Rules Are Breaking the Care Sector - While Ireland Thrives
Introduction The care sector across the British Isles has long relied on international labour to sustain its workforce. With aging...

Mary Callaghan
Jul 29, 20255 min read


The Anticipated Impact of a New Labour Government on the Immigration of Nurses from Overseas
The UK’s Health & Social Care sectors have long relied on international healthcare professionals to bolster the workforce, and nurses...

Harley Medical
Jul 5, 20244 min read


THE SHIFTING SANDS OF OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT
Despite the significant benefits offered by overseas recruitment, navigating the ever-changing policies, Home Office guide lines and...

Mary Callaghan
Oct 4, 20235 min read


THE POWER OF EFFECTIVE ONBOARDING OF OVERSEAS RECRUITS!
So you’ve bitten the bullet. You’ve secured your Tier 2 license and navigated the recruitment maze that is overseas recruitment. Now your...

Harley Medical
Sep 12, 20234 min read


NAILING CANDIDATE ATTRACTION FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS.
As the job market within the care sector becomes extraordinarily competitive, finding specialised talent requires an ever more discerning...

Mary Callaghan
Aug 31, 20236 min read


FUTURE PROOFING YOUR WORKFORCE - THE PROS AND CONS OF OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT
Drive up retention rates. Drive down contingent labour costs. When the economy is struggling, domestic recruitment (recruiting staff from...

Harley Medical
Aug 9, 20235 min read


PUTTING THE ETHICS INTO ETHICAL OVERSEAS HEALTHCARE RECRUITMENT
The growth in the recruitment of medical and care workers from overseas has continued to gather pace for more than a decade. The influx...
markc779
Jul 27, 20238 min read
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