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New Year 2025 work sponsorship changes

Published on: 06 January 2025

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Issue Date: 06 January 2025

Published Date: 06 January 2025

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Home Office has made a number of changes to the three primary Workers and Temporary Workers Sponsor Guidance documents, on 31 December 2024 and 1 January 2025. The main changes are set out below, together with details of some changes made to route-specific guidance documents at the same time, and remaining measures outlined in the 28 November 2024 Written Statement which have not been brought in at this time.

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