WEB 3131 ILPA Sponsorship Law Conference (Online)

WEB 3131 ILPA Sponsorship Law Conference (Online)

By Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

We invite you to attend ILPA's annual Sponsorship Law Conference, hosted as a hybrid event.

Date and time

Location

Online

Agenda

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Opening Remarks

Nichola Carter, Keystone Law

Nicolette Bostock, Withersworldwide


• Welcome and housekeeping • Overview of the day • Participation guidelines for hybrid attendees

10:05 AM - 10:40 AM

Home Office Keynote

Adam Lee and James Turner, UK Visas and Immigration (HO)


Recent and upcoming developments for sponsors and sponsored migrants • Latest statistics and trends • UKVI latest updates and priorities for the year ahead • Roll out of new sponsor management system...

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Live Q&A with the Home Office

Adam Lee and James Turner, UK Visas & Immigration

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Deep Dive: Sponsor Licence Compliance

Natasha Chell (Laura Devine Immigration)

Joe Middleton KC (Doughty Street Chambers)


• Compliance triggers and risk areas • Enforcement strategies and case law insights • Due diligence, audits, and sponsor support • Practical tips for navigating complex scenarios

12:40 PM - 12:50 PM

Coffee Break


Refresh and reflect

12:50 PM - 1:30 PM

Sponsorship of Business Owners

Tom Brett-Young (VWV LLP)


• Impact of April 2025 changes on minimum salary requirement and genuineness assessment in Skilled Worker licence and migrant applications • Current trends: evidence requests and decisions • Alternat...

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch Break


Time to recharge and connect

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Complex Issues in Sponsored Worker Applications

Jonathan Kingham (Lexis Nexis)


• Interplay between Immigration Rules, policy, and practice • The impact of key sponsor policy changes • Navigating biometrics, self-employment and employment changes • Practical tips and case studies

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee Break


Refresh and reflect

3:30 PM - 4:05 PM

Corporate Restructures & Sponsorship

Joanna Hunt (DAC Beachcroft)


• Managing sponsor licences and sponsored workers during corporate changes • Latest trends, tips and observations on corporate restructures from practice • Case study

4:05 PM - 4:40 PM

Spotlight: Sports sector workers

Glyn Lloyd (Newfields)


Routes Covered: • Sponsorship within the elite sports sector- an overview • Discipline-specific commentary • Latest changes, trends and observations • Sponsored visa conditions and restrictions – pro...

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Q&A & Remarks

All panelists and Chairs


• Final reflections • Audience questions • Wrap-up and next steps

Good to know

Highlights

  • 7 hours
  • Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Business • Other

We are delighted to invite you to ILPA’s annual Sponsorship Law Conference, our flagship annual event for immigration professionals navigating the UK's evolving immigration sponsorship law and policy landscape.

This year’s conference comes at a pivotal moment, in light of significant changes to the UK’s visa sponsorship framework, UK Visas and Immigration's ('UKVI's) changing sponsor compliance expectations, and the publication of the UK Government's Immigration White Paper in May 2025.

With sweeping reforms announced in the White Paper now beginning to take effect—including higher skill and salary thresholds for Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility route applicants, the closure of the Care Worker and Senior Care Worker routes to new overseas applicants, and stricter sponsor compliance requirements—this is an essential opportunity to hear what's happening and what to expect next from experts in this area.

We are thrilled to welcome back our brilliant Co-Chairs:

  • Nichola Carter, Partner at Carter Thomas Solicitors
  • Nicolette Bostock, Partner at Withers LLP

We are also pleased to be joined once again by senior representatives from UKVI:

  • Adam Lee, Work Services Operations Lead
  • James Turner, Head of Work Services

Alongside them, a panel of leading immigration practitioners will share observations, insights and practical guidance on navigating changing sponsorship law and policy.

Organised by

Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

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Oct 15 · 02:00 PDT