WEB 3131 ILPA Sponsorship Law Conference (Online)
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
10:05 AM - 10:40 AM
Home Office Keynote
Adam Lee and James Turner, UK Visas and Immigration (HO)
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)
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM
Coffee Break
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM
Sponsorship of Business Owners
Tom Brett-Young (VWV LLP)
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Lunch Break
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Complex Issues in Sponsored Worker Applications
Jonathan Kingham (Lexis Nexis)
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:05 PM
Corporate Restructures & Sponsorship
Joanna Hunt (DAC Beachcroft)
4:05 PM - 4:40 PM
Spotlight: Sports sector workers
Glyn Lloyd (Newfields)
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Q&A & Remarks
All panelists and Chairs
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Highlights
- 7 hours
- Online
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About this event
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.
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