Can a sponsor licensed for another route sponsor me on Religious Worker?

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

Religious Worker visa sponsors in the UK

1,450 UK employers hold a Home Office sponsor licence covering the Religious Worker route. Only a licensed sponsor can issue the Certificate of Sponsorship a visa application needs. Updated daily.

Licensed Religious Worker sponsors

Abu Zahra FoundationWest Yorkshire Above Bar ChurchSouthampton Acton Muslim Welfare AssociationLondon Adam Mosque & Dawah AcademyBirmingham Adore ChurchBirmingham Adhisthana TrustLedbury AG Worldwide MissionsAberdare Agape Family MinistriesBirmingham AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTREBradford Agape Ministries LtdBirmingham Afghan Islamic and Culture CentreLondon Aigburth Community ChurchLiverpool Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat InternationalWimbledon Ahmadiyya Muslim Association United KingdomLondon AISH HATORAH UK LIMITEDLondon AL AMAAN EDUCATION TRUSTLondon Al ArqamLtuon AL FATIHAH MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC CENTRECroydon Al Habib Islamic Educational and Cultural CentreSwindon Al Hijrah Trust (CIO)Birmingham Al Majid Welfare TrustReading ALAMIN SPIRITUAL CENTREBradford Al-Mahdi InstituteBirmingham Al-Khoei FoundationLondon AL SADIQ ACADEMY UKManchester Al Raza FoundationManchester ALHIDAYA CROYDONLondon All Saints PeckhamLondon All Saints ChurchWoodford Green ALL NATIONS REVIVAL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIESGravesend All Nations Church SwanseaSwansea All Nations ChurchCardiff All Nations Christian CollegeLondon ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN CHURCH, UK (ANCC), (HOUSE OF PRAYER), DESTINY CENTREBarking, London All Hallows BowLondon All Souls ChurchLondon Alnoor Cultural & Educational TrustBarking ALMARKAZ UL ISLAMI LTDBradford Alpha InternationalLondon Alridha FoundationLondon Alulbayt FoundationLondon Ambassadors Football (Ireland)Richhill Amana TrustRomford AndalusGlasgow Ampleforth Abbey and CollegeYork Anandam (London)Upminster Ananda MargaLondon Anjuman Raja -E -MustafaLondon Anjuma Raza E MustafaNewport Anglican Missionary Congregations(AMC) Headquarters(A.K.A AMC-Church of Restoration Manchester UK)Manchester Anglican Consultative CouncilLondon Anoopam MissionDenham ANTIOCH COMMUNITY CHURCHSheffield Anukampa Bhikkhuni ProjectOxford Apostolic Faith Mission UKLondon Archdiocese of St Andrews & EdinburghEdinburgh Archdiocese of LiverpoolLiverpool Archdiocese of GlasgowGlasgow Archdiocese of Cardiff-MeneviaCardiff Archbishop of YorkYork Ark Mission Church Bradford (Revival Centre)Bradford Ashburnham Christian TrustEast Sussex Asian Social and Humanitarian AssociationLondon ASSOCIATION OF BAPTISTS FOR WORLD EVANGELISM OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELANDEpsom ATHULA DASSANA MULTI-CULTURAL BUDDHIST COMMUNITY CENTREFeltham Augustinians of the AssumptionLondon Augustinian SistersLondon BABA BUDHA JI EDUCATIONAL TRUSTPeterborough Baitul Mukarram Mosque TrustLeicester Baptist Mid-MIssion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandHavant BAPS Swaminarayan SansthaLondon BANGLADESHI ISLAMIC CULTURAL SOCIETYCleethorpes Banbury Muslim Mosque SocietyBanbury Baptist Union of WalesCarmarthen BCM International UKGloucester Bedford Hindu Temple and Community TrustBedford BECONTREE HEATH ISLAMIC SOCIETY (DAGENHAM CENTRAL MASJID) LTDDagenham Bearsden Baptist Church SCIOGlasgow Beeches Road Baptist Chapel(Cave Adullam)Rowley Regis Belfast School of TheologyBelfast Belfast City Vineyard ChurchBelfast Betel of BritainAston Bhakt Bhakti aur Bhagwan Ashram UKIlford Bharat Hindu SamajPeterborough Biblical Counselling UKCambridge Bishops' Conference of ScotlandAirdrie Bishops Stortford Baptist ChurchBishops Stortford Birmingham Roman Catholic DioceseBirmingham Birmingham Karma LingBirmingham Birmingham City MissionBirmingham Birmingham Chinese Evangelical Church (BCEC)Birmingham Birmingham Buddhist Vihara TrustBirmingham Blackburn Diocesan Board of Finance LtdBlackburn Blank CanvasRedcar Blenheim Baptist ChurchLeeds BODY OF CHRIST EVANGELICAL CHURCHGravesend Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation CentreHove BODHIGYAN MEDITATION & CULTURAL CENTRE UKRainham Bodhi CollegeTotnes Bow Muslim Cultural CentreLondon

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Questions about Religious Worker sponsorship

Which employers can sponsor a Religious Worker visa?: 1,450 UK organisations hold a sponsor licence covering the Religious Worker 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 Religious Worker?: No. A licence lists the routes it covers; an employer must add Religious Worker to its licence before sponsoring on it.