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Change description : 2025-10-21 12:19:00: The contact details have been updated. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Priority change of circumstances for sponsors

Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.

Documents

Details

Guidance about the priority service for Worker or Temporary Worker employers sponsoring foreign workers. It gives information about the service and how to apply.

Full guidance on how to submit a change of circumstances request on the sponsorship management system (SMS) can be found in the SMS Manual.

Updates to this page

Published 6 November 2016

Last updated 1821 MarchOctober 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
  1. Updated point 6. Contact in the HTML attachment of this guidance by adding new information and email addresses

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Update history

2025-12-01 08:00
Updated eligibility section to reflect that the premium service for work sponsors no longer exists after 30 November.

2025-11-11 00:01
The fee for the service has increased.

2025-10-21 12:19
The contact details have been updated.

2025-03-18 13:57
Updated point 6. Contact in the HTML attachment of this guidance by adding new information and email addresses

2024-11-21 16:30
Section section 3 updated.

2023-04-03 16:22
Updated guidance to notify sponsors on what they can apply for and that GBM routes (expansion, secondment and service supplier routes) will now not be accepted.