Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 July 2015 to Question 4295, if she will make it her policy to ensure that current employers of workers on tier 2 visas whose immigration status is changing as a result of 2011 immigration rules changes requiring workers who have been in the UK for more five years to earn more than £35,000 gross per annum are aware that these changes are now taking effect; and if she will provide support to such employers to identify employees whose immigration status may now change.

As a condition of sponsoring a worker under Tier 2, sponsoring employers are required to monitor the immigration status of their workers.

To ensure sponsors are aware of changes to Immigration Rules, UK Visas & Immigration regularly sends online notifications to sponsors, and the appropriate guidance documents are updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules. UK Visas & Immigration also operates a Business Helpdesk to support sponsors with any enquiries.