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Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker

UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
10,331
Visas issued, 2025
12,462
Change 2024→2025
-9.3%
Towns with sponsors
1,025
Sponsors10,331on 26 Oct 2026
Year by year
Data as at 26 Oct 2026
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Licensed sponsors

Organisations licensed for this route on the Home Office register, 26 Oct 2026.

Sponsors by town
  1. London5,645
  2. Reading145
  3. Bristol119
  4. Manchester118
  5. Milton Keynes103
  6. Birmingham98
  7. Cambridge92
  8. Aberdeen87
  9. Edinburgh56
  10. Slough54
  11. Leeds52
  12. Uxbridge50
  13. Bracknell48
  14. Maidenhead48
  15. Glasgow47
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Information and communication1,984
  2. Professional, scientific and technical activities1,345
  3. Manufacturing1,251
  4. Administrative and support service activities956
  5. Financial and insurance activities883
  6. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles828
  7. Construction254
  8. Transportation and storage193
  9. Other service activities167
  10. Accommodation and food service activities118
  11. Mining and quarrying94
  12. Arts, entertainment and recreation73
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; Companies House, basic company data (1 Oct 2026)Data as at 26 Oct 2026

Entry clearance visas issued

Visas issued to main applicants and dependants, calendar years (Home Office). Includes earlier names of the route.

Visas issued by year

29k59k2008201020122014201620182020202220242026
29k59k200820122016202020242026
Data table
200847
200922,029
201029,170
201126,474
201225,529
201328,409
201429,993
201529,281
201630,421
201746,183
201858,883
201951,086
202017,817
202125,987
202227,717
202315,542
202413,741
202512,462
20266,812
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. India11,413
  2. Japan2,243
  3. United States1,559
  4. Germany1,442
  5. China1,028
  6. France867
  7. Spain849
  8. Italy701
  9. Netherlands669
  10. Denmark346
  11. South Korea346
  12. Australia304
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026

Application fees

Main applicant fee from 8 October 2026 (outside and inside the UK), as listed by the Home Office.

FeeAmount
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker - up to 3 years - main applicant and dependants£819
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years -main applicant and dependants£1,618
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker - up to 3 years - main applicant and dependants£943
Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker – more than 3 years - main applicant and dependants£1,865
Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker: > Skilled Worker > T2 Minister of Religion, > Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker£525
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026

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