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Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker

UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
439
Visas issued, 2025
160
Change 2024→2025
-27.9%
Towns with sponsors
80
Sponsors439on 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. London291
  2. England43
  3. Manchester7
  4. Birmingham5
  5. Leeds4
  6. Southall3
  7. Staines-Upon-Thames2
  8. Kingston Upon Thames2
  9. High Wycombe2
  10. Cheltenham2
  11. Coventry2
  12. Reading2
  13. Canterbury2
  14. Bristol2
  15. Preston2
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles78
  2. Professional, scientific and technical activities54
  3. Information and communication52
  4. Manufacturing26
  5. Administrative and support service activities22
  6. Financial and insurance activities18
  7. Construction18
  8. Transportation and storage12
  9. Accommodation and food service activities12
  10. Real estate activities6
  11. Other service activities6
  12. Education5
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

112224202220242026
112224202220242026
Data table
202241
2023224
2024222
2025160
202648
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. Pakistan46
  2. Turkey43
  3. India37
  4. China30
  5. United States30
  6. Japan28
  7. Syria18
  8. South Korea15
  9. Australia14
  10. Germany9
  11. Dominica8
  12. Egypt7
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 – UK expansion Worker - main applicant and dependants£340
Global Business Mobility – UK expansion Worker - main applicant and dependants£340
Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker:- Temporary Worker including Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee, UK expansion Worker, Service Supplier and Secondment Worker route and Scale-up route£55
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026

Official data, not advice. Visa Atlas publishes figures from government registers and statistics. It does not assess eligibility or give immigration advice; for advice, consult a regulated adviser. Read more