Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 3 others from Edinburgh, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageIt is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Religious Worker (A rating) and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion (A rating) routes. It was on the register by January 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 16 Oct 2026.
On the register by January 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
Built by comparing copies of the Home Office register: worksponsors/data-process daily copies (from January 2023); our own daily register sync.
Yes. Free Church of Scotland is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Free Church of Scotland for 4 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Religious Worker (A rating) and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion (A rating).
Free Church of Scotland was on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors by January 2023. That is the first copy of the register we hold that lists it, so it may have been listed earlier.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating), Religious Worker (A rating) and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion (A rating).
Companies House has no industry classification on file for Free Church of Scotland.
The register changes daily. Check the official GOV.UK register before relying on a licence. This page is information, not immigration advice.
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From the signed offer to the CoS reference: how many weeks was it, and did anything slow it down? If you have been sponsored by, worked at or applied to Free Church of Scotland, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Please don't share personal details such as reference numbers.
People often ask us whether Free Church of Scotland really sponsors visas. How did the process go for you, from the offer to the certificate of sponsorship? If you have been sponsored by, worked at or applied to Free Church of Scotland, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Please don't share personal details such as reference numbers.
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How long the CoS took, what the interview was like, whether they paid the visa fee.
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1,110 other licensed sponsors in Edinburgh hold a Skilled Worker licence too. Free Church of Scotland's industry codes are too general to compare on. Employers advertising jobs now are listed first.