Entry Clearances
(asked on 15th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications from outside the United Kingdom for entry clearance visas for work, using certificates of sponsorship from employers, were made in the last four years; how many applications were made for extensions of stay for work using certificates of sponsorship from employers from within the United Kingdom in the same four years; and what were the top 20 employers overall making applications.
The published figures related to numbers of certificates of sponsorship (CoS) used in applications, and are shown in table 1 below.
The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including those for CoS used in applications for entry clearance visas and for extensions of stay, are published in the release Immigration Statistics April – June 2014, tables cs_03 and cs_04 (Sponsorship), which is available from the Library of the House and on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Sponsors do not make applications for visas or for extensions of stay. Table 2 provides information on the names of licensees associated with the highest number of Certificates of Sponsorship used in the period 2010-2014, for Tier 2 and Tier 5,
Table 1
Applicants for visas and extensions of stay using sponsorship certificates, Tiers 2 and 5 | ||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Tier 2 (Skilled work) | ||||
Entry clearance visa | 42,433 | 39,511 | 40,742 | 47,845 |
Extension of stay | 20,621 | 17,744 | 27,815 | 35,195 |
Tier 5 (Youth mobility and temporary work) | ||||
Entry clearance visa | 36,594 | 38,232 | 40,296 | 43,209 |
Extension of stay | 310 | 321 | 397 | 554 |
Source | ||||
Immigration Statistics April – June 2014, tables cs_03 and cs_04 (Sponsorship) | ||||
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release | ||||
Table 2
Sponsoring employers associated with the highest numbers of CoS used in the period 2010 to 2013 | |
CoS used in Tier 2 applications | CoS used in Tier 5 applications |
Tata Consultancy Services | THE AGENCY GROUP LTD |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd | The Underworld |
Wipro Technologies | Creative Artists Agency UK Ltd |
Infosys Limited | Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd |
Accenture (UK) Limited | BUNAC |
IBM UK Ltd | William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (U.K.) Ltd |
HCL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED | Gricind Ltd. t/a ITB |
Tech Mahindra Limited | Culture Arts Ltd |
HSBC Holdings plc | Universal Music Operations Ltd. |
JPMorganChase & Co. | X-R Touring LLP |
Ernst & Young | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Great Britain) |
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | Primary Talent International Limited |
Capgemini PLC | P & IAS Ltd. |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC | Godolphin Management Company Limited |
Deloitte LLP | Coda Music Agency LLP |
DB Group Services (UK) Ltd | Mama New Music Limited |
Satyam Computer Services Ltd | 3A Entertainment Ltd |
University of Oxford | AEG Live (UK) Ltd |
Goldman Sachs International | T&S Immigration Services Ltd. |
Barclays Capital Services | TIN ANGEL PRODUCTIONS LTD |
Source | |
UKVI Sponsorship Management System | |