Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Whitburn, 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 route with an A rating. It has been on the register since January 2024.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
On the register since January 2024, 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. Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since January 2024, the first copy of the register that lists it.
The register lists Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House has no industry classification on file for Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop.
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4 other licensed sponsors in Whitburn hold a Skilled Worker licence too. Sohail Ali t/a First Choice Shop's industry codes are too general to compare on.