Home Office Audit Specialists, Protecting Your Business, Your Licence: and Your People
From sponsor licence applications to pre-audit compliance reviews and mock audits, Border & Boundaries is one of the UK's specialist practices in employer immigration compliance.
What is a Home Office Audit?
The Home Office conducts compliance visits, unannounced or scheduled, to businesses that hold a sponsor licence. These audits check whether your business is meeting all its sponsor duties, including:
• Right to Work checks for all employees
• Accurate and up-to-date record keeping for sponsored workers
• Tracking and reporting of sponsored workers' absences and changes
• Ensuring sponsored workers are performing the role stated on their Certificate of Sponsorship
The Stakes Are High: Failure to comply with sponsor duties can result in your licence being downgraded, suspended, or revoked, preventing you from hiring international talent and potentially making current sponsored employees unlawful workers.
Sponsor Licence
Apply for, renew, and manage your skilled worker sponsor licence, including CoS assignments and suspension advice.
Home Office Audits
Pre-audit compliance reviews, mock audits, right to work audits, and post-audit remediation.
Our Employer Services
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A qualified immigration lawyer will handle your consultation.
FAQs, Home Office Audits
Can a Home Office audit be unannounced?
Yes. While some visits are scheduled, the Home Office can and does conduct unannounced compliance visits. This is why proactive preparation is essential, you should always be audit-ready.
What happens if we fail a Home Office audit?
Depending on the severity of findings, your licence may be downgraded to B-rating (restricting your ability to assign new CoS), suspended, or revoked. We help businesses respond to findings and mount robust representations against adverse decisions.
How quickly can you help us prepare?
We can mobilise within 48–72 hours for urgent situations. Our initial compliance review identifies the most critical gaps so you can prioritise your response effectively.
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A qualified immigration lawyer will handle your consultation.
Don't Wait for the Home Office to Come to You
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