Can a sponsor licensed for another route sponsor me on International Sportsperson?

No. A licence lists the routes it covers; an employer must add International Sportsperson to its licence before sponsoring on it.

International Sportsperson visa sponsors in the UK

1,476 UK employers hold a Home Office sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson route. Only a licensed sponsor can issue the Certificate of Sponsorship a visa application needs. Updated daily.

Licensed International Sportsperson sponsors

The Spartans Football ClubEdinburgh The St Mirren Football Club LimitedPaisley The Rugby Football League LimitedManchester The University of WorcesterWorcester The Talland School of EQuitation LLPCirencester The Sunderland Association Football ClubSunderland The Viscount Jonathan RothermereShaftesbury The Walsall Football Club LimitedWalsall The Watford Association Football Club LimitedWatford The Welsh Rugby Union LimitedCardiff The Yorkshire County Cricket ClubLeeds THORNABY CRICKET CLUBThornaby Thoresby colliery cricket clubEdwinstowe Thongsbridge Cricket ClubHolmfirth Thoroughbred Polo Ponies LimitedBirdlip Thomas David BeimCirencester Thom Bell trading as Kinross Polo ClubKinross Three Bridges Cricket ClubCrawley TIM AND JONELLE PRICEChedingtong Tideway Scullers SchoolLondon Tickhill Cricket ClubDoncaster Thunder Rugby LtdNewcastle Upon Tyne Thunder Netball UK LimitedOldham Timperley Sports Club LimitedManchester Todmorden Cricket ClubTodmorden Tony Wilkinson LtdBewdley Tonge Cricket ClubBolton Tommy SevernBrimpsfield Tomlinson Equine LtdTetbury Tomas Marin-MorenoReading Tola Performance LtdHenley On Thames Torquay Cricket ClubTorquay Track Demons RacingTruro Townville Recreation & Sports ClubCastleford Totton and Eling Cricket ClubSouthampton Totteridge Millhillians Cricket ClubLondon Tottenham Hotspur Women Football Club LimitedLondon Tottenham HotspurLondon Transis LimitedStracathro Tranmere Rovers Football ClubBirkenhead Trent Rockets LimitedNottingham Treeton Cricket ClubRotherham Trinity PartnershipGodalming Truro Cricket ClubTruro TTF Racing LtdSherborne Tudhoe Cricket ClubSpennymoor Tynemouth Cricket ClubNorth Shields Tynedale Sports Club incorporating Tynedale Cricket ClubHexham UK Athletics LimitedBirmingham Uddingston Cricket and Sports ClubUddingston UAE Polo TeamMidhurst Twyford Polo Club LimitedReading Tunbridge Wells Cricket ClubTunbridge Wells TWG CADILLAC FORMULA 1 TEAM LIMITEDSilverstone Ulster RugbyBelfast UK Ice Hockey FoundationSheffield UK Sports InstituteManchester University of EdinburghEdinburgh University of ExeterExeter University of DurhamDurham University of DerbyDerby University of Hertfordshire Higher Education CorporationHatfield University of EssexColchester University of East LondonLondon University of BathBath UNDERCLIFFE CRICKET CLUBBradford University of StrathclydeGlasgow University of NottinghamNottingham Unsworth Cricket & Tennis Club LimitedUnsworth Uppermill Cricket & Bowling ClubOldham Upminster Cricket ClubUpminster Valley End Cricket ClubChobham UXBRIDGE CRICKET CLUBUxbridge Ventnor Cricket Club LtdVentnor Varian Stable LtdNewmarket Vision Design Ltd (Ready 4 Racing Vision Team)Reading Vinyl Space LimitedWindsor Vernon Carus Cricket ClubPreston Wakefield Thornes Cricket ClubWakefield Walkden Cricket ClubWalkden Washington Cricket Club CICWashington Warwickshire County Cricket ClubBirmingham Walthamstow Cricket Tennis & Squash ClubLondon Walshaw Sports ClubBury Walmley Cricket ClubSutton Coldfield WaspsCoventry Wallasey Cricket ClubWallasey Walsden Cricket and Bowling ClubTodmorden Walsall Cricket ClubWalsall Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football ClubWarrington Waringstown Cricket ClubCraigavon Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket ClubLondon Wargrave Cricket ClubReading Warriors Basketball ClubLeicester Warminster Cricket ClubWarminster Weston-super-Mare Cricket ClubWeston Super Mare Westhoughton Cricket ClubBolton Westcroft Park Polo Club LtdChobham West Herts Sports ClubWatford West Bromwich Albion FCWest Bromwich

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Questions about International Sportsperson sponsorship

Which employers can sponsor a International Sportsperson visa?: 1,476 UK organisations hold a sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson 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 International Sportsperson?: No. A licence lists the routes it covers; an employer must add International Sportsperson to its licence before sponsoring on it.