Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Creative Worker route from Belfast, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageIt is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Creative Worker route with an A rating. It has been on the register since July 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 23 Oct 2026.
On the register since July 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 daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023.
Yes. Northern Ireland Opera is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Creative Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Creative Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Northern Ireland Opera for one route: Creative Worker (A rating).
Northern Ireland Opera has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since July 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
The register lists Northern Ireland Opera with an A rating on the Creative Worker route.
Companies House has no industry classification on file for Northern Ireland Opera.
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11 other licensed sponsors in Belfast hold a Creative Worker licence too. Northern Ireland Opera's industry codes are too general to compare on.
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