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

Caledonia Basketball LimitedGlasgow Cardiff BluesCardiff Camborne Cricket ClubCamborne Cambridge Rugby Football Club LimitedCambridge Cambridge United Football Club LimitedCambridge Cambridge University Boat ClubCambridge CAMBERLEY CRICKET CLUBCamberley Callington Cricket ClubCallington Cannock Cricket ClubHednesford Cardiff Rugby Football Club LimitedCardiff CARDIFF RUGBY CLUB LIMITEDCardiff Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff Cardiff City Football Club LimitedCardiff Carlton Cricket Club LimitedEdinburgh Carlton Cricket ClubWakefield Carrickfergus Cricket ClubCarrickfergus Catherine LamacraftDunster, Minehead Catherine IstedHorley CASTLEFORD TIGERS RLFC LTDCastleford Castleford Cricket ClubCastleford Castle Eden Cricket and Recreational ClubHartlepool Caythorpe Cricket ClubNottingham Cawthorne Cricket ClubBarnsley Caverswall Cricket ClubStoke On Trent Celtic plcGlasgow Cheadle (Kingsway) Sports Club LtdStockport Charlton Kings Cricket ClubCheltenham CHARLTON ATHLETIC WOMENS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITEDCharlton Charlton Athletic Women FCLondon Charlton Athletic Football Company LtdLondon CHARLTON ATHLETIC FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITEDLondon Cheltenham Town Association Football Club LtdCheltenham Cheltenham Cricket ClubCheltenham Chelsea Football Club Women LtdLondon Chelsea Football Club LimitedLondon Chelmsford Cricket ClubChelmsford Chelmsford Chieftains IHCBrentwood Chestfield cricket clubWhitstable Chesterfield Cricket ClubChesterfield Cheshire Phoenix Basketball ClubEllesmere Port Cheshire Cricket BoardNorthwich Chorley Cricket ClubChorley Chipstead, Coulsdon and Old Walcountians Cricket ClubCroydon Chipping Sodbury Cricket ClubChipping Sodbury Chippenham Cricket ClubChippenham Cibao La Pampa Polo TeamMaidenhead Churcher's CollegePetersfield Church & Oswaldtwistle Cricket ClubOswaldtwistle City Of Birmingham Rockets Basketball ClubBirmingham Clarion Events LtdLondon Clan Ice Hockey ClubGlasgow CIYMS Cricket ClubBelfast Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket ClubBelfast Cleeve Cricket ClubBristol Cleethorpes Cricket ClubCleethorpes Cleckheaton Cricket ClubCleckheaton Cleator Cricket ClubCleator Clayton West Cricket ClubHuddersfield Classtrend Ltd T/A Sheffield SpeedwaySheffield Clitheroe Cricket Bowls & Tennis ClubClitheroe Clipstone Cricket clubMansfield CLIPPER VENTURES PLCGosport Cliftonville Academy Cricket ClubNewtownabbey Clifton Cricket ClubAshbourne Clevedon Cricket ClubClevedon Clowne Town Cricket ClubChesterfield Clover Polo LtdBracknell Coal Aston Cricket ClubDronfield Cockermouth Cricket ClubCockermouth Clydach Cricket ClubSwansea Coggeshall Town Cricket ClubColchester Colchester and East Essex Cricket ClubColchester Cole Music Productions (Uk) LtdLiverpool Coleraine Cricket ClubColeraine Coleraine Football ClubColeraine Colwyn bay cricket clubColwyn Bay COLNE CRICKET CLUBColne Collingham and District Cricket ClubNewark Compton & Chanlder's Ford Cricket ClubWinchester Conisbrough Cricket ClubDoncaster Congresbury Cricket ClubBristol Consett and District Cricket ClubConsett Copytech (UK) LtdPeterborough Copdock & Old Ipswichian Cricket ClubIpswich Cool Running Motorsports Ltd t/a Leicester SpeedwayLeicester Cool Hooves Polo LtdWinkfield Cookham Dean CCCookham CORNWOOD CRICKET CLUBCornwood Corsham Cricket ClubCorsham Cortium Polo TeamHaslemere Coventry City Football Club LimitedCoventry Coventry Asian Sports FederationCoventry Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket ClubCoventry Cove Rangers Football ClubAberdeen COVE CRICKET CLUBFarnborough Coventry Rugby LimitedCoventry Cowgate Cricket ClubNewcastle Upon Tyne Cowdrey Cricket ClubTonbridge Cougarmania LtdKeighley Cranleigh Cricket ClubCranleigh

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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.