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

Christian Fellowship ChurchBelfast CHRISTIAN FAITH CENTRE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESBirmingham ChristChurch BansteadBanstead ChristChurchLondon CHRIST`S CHOSEN CHURCH OF GODManchester CHRIST UNIVERSAL IMPACT OUTREACH MINISTRIESEltham Christ United Pentecostal Ministries Liberty HouseNorthampton CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES UK (aka CLASS UK)Kent Christ Healing Evangelical ChurchGlasgow Christ Gospel AssemblyTilbury City Gates ChurchLondon City Church ManchesterManchester City Church BirminghamBirmingham City Church (Cambridge)Cambridge City ChurchBelfast City Life ChurchPortsmouth City Of Faith MinistryBarking City Of God Christian CentreNewcastle Upon Tyne City of GodsSheffield City on a HillEdinburgh Claretian Missionaries TrustSt Neots City Valley ChurchShipley CLC International (UK)Sandycroft Clifton DioceseBristol Co-Mission Initiative TrustLondon coleraine church of christColeraine Comboni Missionary Sisters CIOBirmingham Community of the Sisters of the ChurchGerrards Cross Community of the Risen ChristGlasgow Community of Saint JohnLondon COMMUNITY OF CHRIST-BRITISH ISLES MISSION CENTREChesterfield Community Church PutneyPutney Community Church of GodTottenham Commission Apostolic Trust LtdBournemouth CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, MOTHER OF CHRISTWalsall Congregation Of The Sisters Of The Finding Of Jesus In The TempleLondon Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of BetharramSolihull Congregation of the Most Holy RedeemerLondon Congregation of the Holy Spirit, British ProvinceChester Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherin of Siena Newcastle, NatalBushey Congregation Of The Daughters of the Holy Spirit CIONorthampton Congregation of Our Lady, Canonesses of St Augustine CIOLondon Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions CIOHarrow Congregation of Our Lady of SionLondon Congregation of Jesus Charitable TrustYork COR-LUMEN CHRISTI TRUSTChertsey Cornerstone Church PortsmouthSouthsea Cornerstone Collective of ChurchesLiverpool Cornerstone Community Church (Wales)Swansea CORNERSTONE GLOBAL MINISTRIESSouthampton Cornerstone St AndrewsSt Andrews corpus christi carmelitesYork Corrymeela CommunityBallycastle Coventry Diocesan Board of FinanceCoventry COVENANT RESTORATION CHAPEL INTERNATIONALReading Covenant Players (UK) TrustCwmbran Covenant of Mercy LtdCanary Wharf, London Coventry Shri Sidhi Vinayagar DevasthanamCoventry Crown Christian Heritage TrustDroitwich Crossroads Church EdinburghEdinburgh Crossover Chapel InternationalLondon Cross MissionLuton Crown Jesus MinistriesBelfast Currie community churchEdinburgh DA' WATUL ISLAM UK & EIRE LIMITEDLondon Dar Ul Uloom Islamia LongsightManchester Dashmesh Sikh TempleManchester DARUL-ILMDewsbury Dayspring Chapel MinistriesBristol DAUGHTERS OF ST PAULLiverpool Daughters of Our Lady of ProvidenceAlton Daughters of Mary Mother of MercyLondon Daughters of Mary Help of ChristiansLiverpool DCF Community ChurchIsle Of Skye De La Salle Great Britain CIOOxford Denstone CollegeUttoxeter Dennistoun Baptist Church SCIOGlasgow Dera Baba Gobind DassWolverhampton Demonstration of Holy Ghost and Power MinistryEdinburgh Dhammakaya North United KingdomTyne And Wear Dhammakaya International Society of the United KingdomWoking DHAMMA NIKETHANAYA INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION MEDITATION PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLINGLetchworth Garden City Dhamma Centre (Colchester)Colchester Diadem Ministries international -Diadem ChurchLondon Diocese of Sheffield Diocesan Board of FinanceRotherham Diocese of NorwichEaston Diocese of LeicesterLeicester Diocese of LeedsLeeds Diocese of Ireland, Scotland, North East England and Affiliated RegionsWhitley Bay Diocese of Hexham and NewcastleNewcastle Upon Tyne Diocese of HerefordHereford Diocese of HallamSheffield Diocese of East AngliaNorwich Diocese of Down & ConnorBelfast Diocese of Derby )diocesan Board of Finance LimitedDerby DIOCESE OF BRENTWOODBrentwood Diocese of Arundel and BrightonCrawley Divine Grace Baptist ChurchLondon DIVINE EXCHANGE CHRISTIAN CENTRELeeds DORSET ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION T/A Poole MosquePoole

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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.