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

MINISTRIES WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONALCardiff Minhaj ul Quran InternationalLondon Missionary Society of St PaulBrixton Missionary Sisters of the ImmaculateLondon Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusLondon Missionaries of Charity BrothersManchester Mogok Dhamma TrustRomford Mohanji Foundation UKHuntly Monastery of Our Lady & Saint Joseph - Poor Clare ColettinesEllesmere Montfort Missionary SocietyLondon Mosaic ChurchCoventry MOUNT ZION CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL (FREEDOM ARENA)London Mount Zion Baptist ChurchCardigan Mount Olive Evangelical MinistryNorthampton Mount Horeb Victorious Church InternationalEltham Muslim Association of Nigeria (UK)London Muslim HandsNottingham Musselburgh Baptist ChurchMusselburgh MUSTAFA WELFARE SOCIETY BOLTONBolton My Father's House Assemblies Of God ChurchTelford Nanaksar Thath Isher DarbarWolverhampton Nanaksar Satsang Sabha (London)Southall Nanaksar Satsang SabhaSmethwick Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh TempleCoventry Nanak Darbar North LondonLondon Nan Ping Spiritual Cultivation Organization of the UKLondon NAMDHARI SIKH SANGAT UKSouthall Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation CentreThornby National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha/is of the UKLondon Nations TrustLlanelli Navratri Garba/Adhya Shakti Mataji TempleUxbridge NET CHURCHDartford New Hall School TrustChelmsford New Creation Church TauntonTaunton NEW COVENANT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIMManchester New Covenant Fellowship ChurchLuton New Covenant Church Edmonton CIOLondon New Covenant Church BristolBristol New Birth International Bible ChurchLondon New Life Pentecostal ChurchCanterbury New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist UnionUlverston New Hope Christian ChurchSheffield NEW MALDEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCHNew Malden New North London SynagogueLondon New River Baptist ChurchLondon NEWBOLD COLLEGEBracknell newbreed christian palaceHatfield Newbridge Baptist ChurchBirmingham NEWCASTLE DREAM CHURCHNewcastle Upon Tyne Newcastle Upon Tyne Hindu TempleNewcastle Upon Tyne Newport Pagnell Baptist ChurchNewport Pagnell Newjoy International Gospel ChurchBradford Niddrie Community ChurchEdinburgh Nirman Sewak Jatha Sikh HeritageBristol Northampton Church of ChristNorthampton North Western Reform SynagogueLondon North London Revival BookshopHarrow NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEESNottingham Nottingham Hindu Temple and Community CentreNottingham Notting Hill Community ChurchLondon Notre Dame de FranceLondon Oak Hill Theological CollegeLondon OASIS OF LOVE INTERNATIONAL CENTREWolverhampton Oblates of Mary ImmaculateLondon Oblates of the AssumptionLondon OCCA House LtdOxford Oldham Bethel ChurchOldham Olivet AssemblyUckfield OMF InternationalManchester Om Saravanabhava Seva TrustLondon One Mission SocietyBelfast One Church BrightonBrighton Organisation of Culture and CharacterLuton Order of St AugustineLondon Order of Friars Minor CIOWoodford Green Oshwal Association of the UKNothhaw Overtoun HouseDumbarton Our Lady of Fidelity (Virgo Fidelis Convent)London Oxford Diocesan Board of FinanceKidlington OXFORD BUDDHA VIHARAOxford Pallottine Missionary SistersMacclesfield Pakistan Muslim Welfare Society ,Heckmondwike MosqueHeckmondwike Pakistan Muslim AssociationNewcastle Upon Tyne Parish of Christ Church ChorleywoodRickmansworth Parish of Canning Town,Saint MatthiasLondon PARAMITHA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONBristol Parochial Church Council of St John the Evangelist Upper NorwoodLondon Parochial Church Council of Christ Church WestbourneBournemouth Patrons InternationalKilkeel PCC Southampton City CentreSouthampton PCC of St Mary & St Ambrose Edgbaston (T/A Rea Church)Birmingham PECULIAR PEOPLES MINISTRIESDagenham Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)London Pentecost Baptist ChurchLiverpool Philadelphia Church of GodHenley In Arden PILLARS OF TRUTH MINISTRIESLondon PILLAR OF ZIONLondon Pioneers UK MinistriesDoncaster Plymouth Diocesan TrustNewton Abbot Poor Servants of the Mother of GodLondon

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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.