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Guidance

Temporary Work - Creative Worker certificate of sponsorship: SMS manual 11

Use this step-by-step manual if you are a Creative Worker sponsor managing groups of certificate of sponsorship (CoS).

Documents

SMS manual 11: Temporary Work – Creative Worker groups of CoS

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Manual to help sponsors create and manage groups of CoS. Groups of CoS are only available to sponsors licensed in ‘Temporary Work - Creative Worker’.

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Published 7 April 2014
Last updated 162 DecemberJuly 2025 + show all updates
  1. Removed references to premium customer service.

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Update history

2026-09-07 15:55
Added a link to the new manual 13 and updated the glossary.

2025-12-16 00:01
Removed references to premium customer service.

2025-07-02 16:09
‘Additional SMS manuals’ section: removed “submitting a graduate notification” from the purpose of manual 5.

2024-07-17 14:14
Accessible version added.

2024-07-11 10:55
Screenshots in pdf version updated.