Can a sponsor licensed for another route sponsor me on Government Authorised Exchange?

No. A licence lists the routes it covers; an employer must add Government Authorised Exchange to its licence before sponsoring on it.

Government Authorised Exchange visa sponsors in the UK

246 UK employers hold a Home Office sponsor licence covering the Government Authorised Exchange route. Only a licensed sponsor can issue the Certificate of Sponsorship a visa application needs. Updated daily.

Licensed Government Authorised Exchange sponsors

Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool London Business SchoolLondon London South Bank UniversityLondon Loughborough UniversityLoughborough Lucy Cavendish CollegeCambridge master and fellows of peterhouseCambridge Merchiston Castle SchoolEdinburgh Middlesex UniversityLondon Mountbatten Programmes LtdLondon National Museums ScotlandEdinburgh Natural History MuseumLondon Newnham CollegeCambridge NiabCambridge NHS TaysideDundee Northeastern University - LondonLondon Northumbria UniversityNewcastle Upon Tyne NPL Management LimitedTeddington Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford Pembroke CollegeCambridge Progressive Tours LtdAmersham Queens' CollegeCambridge Queen's University BelfastBelfast Queen Mary University of LondonLondon Robinson CollegeCambridge Roehampton UniversityLondon Rothamsted ResearchHarpenden Royal Holloway and Bedford New CollegeEgham Royal College of ArtLondon Royal Botanic Gardens, KewRichmond Royal Academy of MusicLondon School of Oriental and African StudiesLondon Science Museum GroupLondon Scottish GovernmentEdinburgh Selwyn CollegeCambridge Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Sidney Sussex CollegeCambridge Social Security ScotlandDundee St Catharine's CollegeCambridge St Mary's UniversityTwickeham St John's College, CambridgeCambridge Stockport NHS Foundation TrustStockport Swansea UniversitySwansea The Alan Turing InstituteLondon The Aga Khan University (International) in the United KingdomLondon The British Institute of International and Comparative LawLondon The Centre for Language Education and Cooperation, UKLondon The British MuseumLondon The Embassy of Belgium - Trade Office for Wallonia (AWEX)London The Francis Crick Institute LimitedLondon The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales "The Bar Council"London The Open UniversityMilton Keynes The John Innes CentreNorwich The James Hutton InstituteDundee The Institute of Ismaili StudiesLondon The Institute of Cancer ResearchLondon The Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College in the University of CambridgeCambridge The London School of Economics and Political ScienceLondon The Law Society of England and WalesLondon The Moredun FoundationMidlothian The National ArchivesRichmond The Pirbright InstituteSurrey The Royal Central School of Speech and DramaLondon The Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghEdinburgh The Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen The Sainsbury LaboratoryNorwich The Royal Institute of International AffairsLondon The University of WorcesterWorcester The University of WinchesterWinchester The University of SheffieldSheffield The University of SalfordSalford The University of ManchesterManchester The University of CambridgeCambridge Toscafund Asset Management LLPLondon Trinity College Dublin at BelfastBelfast Trinity CollegeCambridge UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyWallingford Twin GroupLondon TWI LtdCambridge UK Health Security AgencyLondon UK Space AgencySwindon UK Research and InnovationSwindon University of ChichesterChichester University of DundeeDundee University of EdinburghEdinburgh University of GloucestershireCheltenham University of KentCanterbury University of LancashirePreston University of HullHull University of GreenwichGreenwich University of ExeterExeter University of DurhamDurham University of CumbriaCarlisle University of ChesterChester University of DerbyDerby University of GlasgowGlasgow University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield University of Leeds(Human Resources)Leeds University of Hertfordshire Higher Education CorporationHatfield University of East AngliaNorwich University of BirminghamBirmingham

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Questions about Government Authorised Exchange sponsorship

Which employers can sponsor a Government Authorised Exchange visa?: 246 UK organisations hold a sponsor licence covering the Government Authorised Exchange route. Only a licensed sponsor can issue the Certificate of Sponsorship the visa application needs.
Can a sponsor licensed for another route sponsor me on Government Authorised Exchange?: No. A licence lists the routes it covers; an employer must add Government Authorised Exchange to its licence before sponsoring on it.