You can apply for T5 Religious Workers sponsor licence if you wish to employ T5 Religious Workers who will be doing preaching, pastoral and non-pastoral work for a period up to 2 years.

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Eligibility Requirements For T5 Religious Worker Sponsor Licence

To apply for T5 Religious Workers licence you must be a bona fide religious organisation, which:

• is a registered, excepted or exempt UK charity according to the charity legislation in force in your part of the UK, or is an ecclesiastical corporation, either corporation sole or body corporate, set up for charitable purposes; in Northern Ireland you must have charitable status for tax purposes from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• is the structure for a faith-based community with a common system of belief and spiritual goals, codes of behaviour and religious practice, which exists to support and/or propagate common beliefs and practices and where beliefs:
  • include any religious belief or similar philosophical belief in something transcendental, metaphysical or ultimate and
  • leave out any philosophical or political belief concerned with man, unless that belief is similar to religious belief
• does not exclude from your community on the basis of gender, nationality or ethnicity
• receives financial and material support for your core religious ministry from your congregation or community on a voluntary basis, without promise or coercion
• does not breach, or encourage others to breach any UK legislation
• does not work against the public interest, or has a detrimental effect on personal or family life as commonly understood in the UK

How To Apply For T5 Religious Worker Sponsor Licence?

You can apply for the T5 Religious Workers sponsor licence online on the Home Office, UKVI website.

Once you have submitted your online application, you must then send to the Home Office, UKVI all of the following to validate your application. A valid application must:

1. contain the original submission sheet (not a certified copy), which has been signed and dated by the Authorising Officer (all pages must be sent); and
2. contain all of the documents listed on the submission sheet as mandatory documents (originals or certified copies); and
3. all be sent in together within 5 working days of completion of the electronic application.

To get a T5 Religious Workers licence, you must apply to the Home Office, UKVI, supplying specified documents to prove that you are suitable and eligible. The Home Office, UKVI will carry out appropriate checks before deciding whether to grant the T5 Religious Workers sponsor licence. The Home Office, UKVI considers an application to join the sponsor register by assessing whether you meet the relevant requirements. If your application for T5 Religious Workers Sponsor Licence is accepted by the Home Office, UKVI, you will be issued with SMS login ID and password to manage your T5 Religious Workers sponsor licence online. Your T5 Religious Workers sponsor licence will be valid for 4 years and can be renewed online prior to the expiry of the licence.

Assigning Of T5 Religious Worker Certificate Of Sponsorship (CoS)

Once you have been granted a T5 Religious Worker sponsor licence you will be able to assign certificates of sponsorship (CoS) to migrants who wish to come to, or stay in the UK to work as T5 Religious Worker. The Home Office, UKVI will decide how many certificates of sponsorship (CoS) you will be allowed to assign under T5 sponsorship licence.

For migrants, being assigned a certificate of sponsorship (CoS) is an essential part of qualifying for entry clearance (if they are outside the UK) or leave to remain (permission to extend their stay while in the UK). But there are also other requirements set out in the immigration rules that they must meet. They must score enough points, and are likely to be refused if there is anything in their personal or immigration history that suggests that their presence in the UK is not desirable.

Duties As A T5 Religious Worker Licenced Sponsor

As a T5 Religious Worker licensed sponsor, you must comply with certain duties, including, but not restricted to, a duty to inform the Home Office, UKVI if the T5 Religious Worker does not turn up for work, or if he is absent without permission for a significant period. You must also keep proper records of the migrants you sponsor, including contact details and a copy of their biometric residence permit (BRP), and supply any documentation to the Home Office, UKVI on request.

The Home Office, UKVI will monitor your behaviour and compliance with your duties once you have been granted T5 Religious Worker sponsor licence.