Sources¶
Checked on 2026-06-29 unless noted otherwise.
GOV.UK¶
- Register of licensed sponsors: workers - sponsor register page. It was last updated on 2026-06-26 when checked. The linked CSV listed Charity Entrepreneurship, Impact Operations Limited, 80,000 Hours Limited, Longview Inc Ltd, and Alpenglow Group Limited t/a The Centre for Long-Term Resilience as Worker (A rating), Skilled Worker sponsors.
- Skilled Worker visa - core Skilled Worker requirements: approved UK employer, Certificate of Sponsorship, eligible occupation, minimum salary, job offer before applying, and usual 3-week outside-UK / 8-week inside-UK decision times.
- When you can be paid less - under-26 / new-entrant-style salary discount and GBP 33,400 floor.
- Knowledge of English - B2 English requirement and SELT route.
- Skilled Worker costs - GBP 819 outside-UK visa fee up to 3 years, GBP 1,035 annual IHS, and GBP 1,270 maintenance anchor.
- Sponsor licence application - GBP 611 small/charitable Worker licence fee, usual under-8-week decision time, optional GBP 750 10-working-day priority service.
- Certificates of sponsorship - GBP 525 Worker CoS and CoS assignment rules.
- Immigration skills charge - small/charitable sponsor charge of GBP 480 for the first 12 months and GBP 240 per additional 6 months, where payable.
- Sponsor responsibilities - sponsor monitoring, reporting, job suitability, and licence downgrade/suspension/withdrawal risk.
- Sponsor guidance part 2 - contract-basis and third-party labour constraints, version valid from 2026-05-20.
- Sponsor guidance part 3 - sponsor duties and prohibited recoupment of certain sponsorship costs.
- Standard Visitor business activities - business visitor activities and the prohibition on working for a UK company or as a self-employed person unless a permitted paid engagement applies.
- Faster visa decisions - priority and super-priority decision-time anchors.
AIM / Charity Entrepreneurship¶
- Ambitious Impact homepage - states that Ambitious Impact is a project under Charity Entrepreneurship, a registered charity in England and Wales.
- AIM careers - public staff-role example where London is strongly preferred and visa sponsorship / moving-cost support is available.
- Charity Entrepreneurship FAQ - incubation location, short London trip visa language, stipend, costs, and seed-funding notes.
- Charity Entrepreneurship: how it works - 8-week incubation structure, online / London split, seed-funding process, stipend, operations/HR support, and fiscal sponsorship note.
- Charity Entrepreneurship homepage - Charity Entrepreneurship charity identity and Players Philanthropy Fund fiscal sponsorship note.
Impact Ops¶
- How to get a UK visa sponsor licence - Impact Ops' operational guide to sponsor licence prerequisites and timelines. Some fee examples on this page appear older than current GOV.UK figures, so this wiki uses GOV.UK for current fees.
- Fiscal sponsorship, incubation, or ops support? - explains fiscal sponsorship, incubation, and ops support, including the point that fiscally sponsored project staff become employees of the sponsor's legal entity.
- Impact Ops impact page - case studies including Giving What We Can spinout, UK visa sponsorship licence, EOR, BlueDot, Condor, and Impact Academy.
US sources¶
- BridgeUSA J-1 Specialist - J-1 Specialist is for interchange of specialised knowledge by observing, consulting, or demonstrating, not permanent or long-term employment; maximum duration one year.
- USCIS Policy Manual, O petitioners - O-1 may be filed by a US employer or US agent, including agent structures for multiple short-term employers with an itinerary.