11th April 2023
Immigration
Impact: High
Summary
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) have updated their sponsor guidance to take into account post-pandemic methods of working and have now introduced a requirement to report if a migrant will be working fully remotely or undertaking a hybrid working pattern.
The Detail
The sponsor guidance now refers to a migrant’s ‘normal work location’ rather than ‘work location’. Working remotely from home on a permanent or full-time basis (with little or no requirement to physically attend a workplace) and a hybrid working pattern are now included as appropriate ‘normal work locations’.
A hybrid working pattern is defined in the guidance as where ‘a worker will work remotely on a regular and planned basis from their home or another address such as a work hub space that is not a client site or an address listed on your licence’
Sponsors must now report via the Sponsor Management System (SMS) if a migrant is working via one of these arrangements. They do not however need to report day to day changes in work location (e.g. if a worker occasionally works at a different branch or site or from home), only changes to the migrant’s regular working pattern.
How we can help
Your Vialto Partners contact can assist you with navigating these changes and ensuring reporting conditions are met.
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