Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 1 other from Inverness, according to the Home Office register.
University of the Highlands and Islands is a private company limited by guarantee (Companies House number SC148203), incorporated in December 1993, with its registered office in Inverness. Companies House lists its business as post-secondary non-tertiary education, first-degree level higher education and post-graduate level higher education.
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From the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and Companies House, checked 4 Nov 2026.
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Yes. University of the Highlands and Islands is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and Government Authorised Exchange routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker and Government Authorised Exchange routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists University of the Highlands and Islands for 2 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Government Authorised Exchange (A rating).
University of the Highlands and Islands 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.
University of the Highlands and Islands is registered with Companies House under company number SC148203, with its registered office in Inverness.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Government Authorised Exchange (A rating).
Companies House lists University of the Highlands and Islands under post-secondary non-tertiary education, first-degree level higher education, post-graduate level higher education and other education n.e.c..
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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. It sponsored workers in 2022, 2024 and 2025.
In 2025 it sponsored between 1 and 5 workers.
It sponsored workers in 2 different jobs in 2024 or 2025.
From Home Office figures on certificates of sponsorship, which an employer gives each worker it sponsors.
How long the certificate of sponsorship (CoS) took, what the interview was like, whether they paid the visa fee.