Crisis Guide
Home Office Sponsor Compliance Visit — What Workers Should Know
Compliance visits assess the sponsor, not you, but cooperative responses to caseworker questions about your role and pay protect both your employer and your visa.
Key fact
Visits typically 2–4 hours; can be announced or unannounced
Step-by-step
- 1Confirm your identity and right-to-work documents are immediately accessible.
- 2Be ready to discuss your role responsibilities, working hours, and salary — these must match the CoS.
- 3Don’t speculate on questions you don’t know the answer to — say so.
- 4Cooperate fully; refusal triggers automatic licence-rating downgrade or revocation for the sponsor.
- 5After the visit, request a copy of the report from your employer.
Common pitfalls
- !If your real-world role differs significantly from the CoS, that surfaces in the visit — raise it with HR proactively before any visit.