Business immigration solicitors

Specialist immigration advice to support your sponsorship, compliance and international recruitment needs.

Trusted advisers for employers navigating the UK's immigration system.

As businesses grow and compete in a global market, the ability to attract, employ, and retain international talent has never been more critical. UK immigration law is complex and frequently updated, making it essential for employers to work with solicitors who understand the full legal, regulatory, and practical implications of sponsoring overseas workers.

At Boyes Turner, our specialist business immigration solicitors provide clear, commercially focused advice to UK and international employers. Whether your organisation is applying for or maintaining a sponsor licence, managing compliance duties, or bringing skilled workers into the UK, we help ensure that every step is handled efficiently, lawfully, and strategically aligned with your business objectives.

Proven expertise navigating complex immigration requirements.
End-to-end support for international recruitment and workforce mobility.
Practical, commercially focused immigration advice.

Proactive guidance to minimise compliance risks and keep your business up to date with immigration law changes.
Trusted by employers across the UK and Europe to manage complex immigration needs.

Our business immigration services

We support a wide range of UK and international employers across all sectors, providing tailored legal advice and hands-on support in every area of business immigration, including:

Sponsor licence applications and management

We have extensive experience in Sponsor Licence management and offer a full suite of licence management services designed to help businesses remain compliant, efficient and prepared for ongoing UKVI requirements. We support clients with:

Acting as your Legal Representative, Key Contact and Level 1 User on the Sponsor Management System (SMS);
Preparing and submitting sponsor reports and notifications, including changes of circumstances;
Supporting sponsor licence applications and ensuring key deadlines and documentation requirements are met;
Managing day-to-day sponsor licence responsibilities, including Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) allocation, user management and keeping licence information up to date;
Providing ongoing compliance monitoring, guidance and preparation for potential Home Office compliance visits;
Advising on sponsorship structures and workforce planning to ensure your immigration processes support your recruitment and retention objectives.

Mock Home Office audits

Sponsor Licence holders must be prepared to demonstrate ongoing compliance with their sponsor duties. Failure to meet UKVI requirements can result in compliance action, including licence restrictions, suspension or revocation, potentially disrupting an organisation’s ability to recruit and retain sponsored workers.

To help businesses identify and address issues before they become a problem, we conduct mock Home Office compliance audits designed to replicate the approach taken by UKVI compliance officers.

Our audits assess your current sponsorship processes, systems and records, including interviews with key personnel responsible for managing immigration matters, reviews of sponsored worker files, and checks of right to work procedures and record-keeping practices.

Following the audit, we provide a detailed report highlighting areas of compliance and any potential risks, together with practical recommendations to strengthen your processes and ensure you are prepared for a Home Office compliance visit.

Compliance advice and guidance

Managing immigration compliance is an ongoing responsibility for Sponsor Licence holders. With evolving UK immigration rules and increasing focus from the Home Office on sponsor compliance, businesses must ensure their processes, records and systems remain up to date.

We work in partnership with employers to provide practical, tailored guidance that helps them understand and meet their sponsor duties. Drawing on our experience of working with businesses across a range of sectors, we provide clear solutions designed to simplify compliance, reduce risk and support effective management of sponsored workers.

Immigration training

Maintaining strong internal knowledge of business immigration responsibilities is essential for employers managing sponsored workers and carrying out right-to-work checks. Effective training helps reduce compliance risks, protect your Sponsor Licence and ensure your teams understand their obligations.

Our training courses are delivered by experienced immigration and employment lawyers, combining legal expertise with practical insight from real-life cases. Your business will benefit from:

Up-to-date guidance on current UK immigration requirements and Home Office expectations;
Practical, sector-relevant training tailored to your organisation’s needs;
Real-world examples and case studies to help teams understand common risks and challenges;
Training delivered by specialist lawyers who understand both the legal requirements and the commercial pressures facing employers.

We offer a range of business immigration training sessions, including Right to Work checks, document verification processes, sponsor compliance responsibilities and employer guidance on immigration and visas. Please contact us to discuss your training requirements.

Visa applications for your employees and their family members

Whether relocating existing overseas employees to the UK or recruiting international talent, businesses and their employees must navigate a complex immigration system to secure the correct visa permissions. Our experienced business immigration team provides practical support throughout the application process, helping employees and their families move to the UK smoothly and efficiently. As a full-service immigration team, we advise on a wide range of UK work visa routes, including sponsored and business immigration categories such as:

Skilled worker visas;
Health and care worker visas;
Global Business Mobility routes, including Senior or Specialist Worker and Graduate Trainee visas;
Minister of religion visas;
International sportsperson visas;
Creative worker visas;
Charity worker visas;
Government authorised exchange visas; and
Seasonal worker visas.

We can also support businesses that wish to assist their employees with visa applications that do not require sponsorship. Our team advises on a range of personal immigration matters, including:

Indefinite Leave to Remain (settlement);
Family visas, including partner and spouse routes;
Hong Kong BN(O) visas;
Global talent visas;
Youth mobility scheme visas; and
UK ancestry visas.

By supporting employees with their wider immigration needs, we help businesses retain valuable talent and provide a comprehensive approach to workforce mobility.

Advice on the impact of Brexit

The UK’s departure from the European Union has changed the way many EU, EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members access the UK immigration system. Businesses must now navigate a more complex framework when recruiting, retaining and supporting European employees.

We advise employers on the ongoing immigration implications of Brexit, helping them understand their responsibilities and develop practical workforce strategies. We also support individuals with EU settlement scheme matters, settlement applications and complex personal immigration circumstances.

Our services include:

Advice on EU settlement scheme eligibility and applications;
Support with settlement and indefinite leave to remain applications;
Workforce audits to identify potential immigration risks;
Employee immigration clinics and in-house training sessions;
Advice on retaining key international talent; and
Assistance with complex personal circumstances, including retained rights of residence.

Global mobility strategy, recruitment policy development and the new immigration system

Whatever the stage of your business growth, our immigration specialists can help you develop effective global mobility strategies, recruitment policies and internal processes to support the movement of employees and recruitment of international talent.

We work with businesses of all sizes, from UK employers expanding their workforce to overseas companies establishing a presence in the UK. Our advice helps organisations navigate immigration requirements, attract the talent they need and build compliant, sustainable approaches to global workforce planning.

Visiting the UK for business

Businesses regularly need to bring overseas employees, clients, investors and partners to the UK for short-term visits. However, the activities permitted under the UK Visitor rules are limited, and carrying out the wrong type of work or business activity can create risks for both the individual and the organisation.

Our immigration specialists advise businesses and individuals on the UK Visitor rules, helping them understand whether a visit is permitted, what activities can be undertaken and whether a visa or additional permission is required before travel.

With experience advising on complex visitor matters, including insight from a former UK Border Force Immigration Officer, we provide practical guidance to help ensure business visitors enter the UK with the correct immigration status and remain compliant with the rules.

Who our business immigration experts help

Whether you’re launching, scaling or looking ahead to your next chapter, our teams are built to support businesses like yours.

Start-ups and growing businesses

Supporting emerging businesses with the immigration foundations they need to recruit overseas talent, obtain sponsor licences and build compliant workforce processes as they grow.

Established UK businesses

Advising organisations on day-to-day immigration matters, sponsor licence management, compliance obligations and strategies for recruiting and retaining international employees.

Multinational organisations

Helping global businesses navigate complex workforce mobility requirements, including relocating employees, managing international transfers and aligning immigration processes across jurisdictions.

Overseas businesses expanding into the UK

Supporting international companies entering the UK market with immigration strategies, sponsor licence applications and practical advice on building a compliant UK workforce.

Contact us

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0118 959 7711

Why use our business immigration services?

Integrated immigration and employment expertise

Our business immigration specialists work closely with our award-winning employment law team to provide joined-up advice on the issues that often overlap, from recruitment and workforce planning to employee rights, compliance and workplace changes.

Support throughout the immigration lifecycle

From initial strategy and sponsor licence applications through to ongoing compliance, workforce mobility and recruitment needs, we provide practical advice to help businesses manage their immigration responsibilities with confidence.

Leading, full-service UK law firm

Boyes Turner is ranked as a leading law firm by Chambers UK and The Legal 500. Our business immigration expertise is supported by our wider corporate, commercial, employment and dispute resolution capabilities, enabling us to provide coordinated advice that helps businesses manage immigration requirements alongside their wider operational and strategic objectives.