Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Inverness, according to the Home Office register.
It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It was first seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
From the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and Companies House, checked 4 Nov 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier. No changes to its licence since then.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023. We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025.
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Yes. The Highland Council 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 The Highland Council for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
The Highland Council was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
The register lists The Highland Council with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House has no industry classification on file for The Highland Council.
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How long the certificate of sponsorship (CoS) took, what the interview was like, whether they paid the visa fee.
Yes. It sponsored workers in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
In 2025 it sponsored between 6 and 99 workers.
It sponsored workers in 9 different jobs in 2024 or 2025.
1 of them has been closed to new Skilled Worker applicants from outside the UK since 22 July 2025.
From Home Office figures on certificates of sponsorship, which an employer gives each worker it sponsors.
81 other licensed sponsors in Inverness hold a Skilled Worker licence too. The Highland Council's industry codes are too general to compare on. Employers advertising jobs now are listed first.