UKVI Mock Audits: Prepare for a Home Office Inspection and Protect Your Sponsor Licence

A recording of the webinar can reviewed below, and a copy of the slides can be found HERE.

Could your organisation demonstrate sponsor compliance if UKVI visited tomorrow? This practical webinar shows adult social care providers how compliance visits work, what evidence may be tested and how a two-stage mock audit can expose gaps before the Home Office does.

A sponsor licence depends on more than having policies in place. UKVI may test whether your HR systems work in practice, whether records are complete and consistent, and whether the people responsible for sponsorship can explain how duties are carried out across the organisation.

We joined Kashif Majeed, Director at Aston Brooke Solicitors and lead for Sponsorship & Home Office Compliance, for a practical session designed specifically for adult social care providers. Kashif explained how to prepare for an announced or unannounced Home Office compliance visit, what a compliance officer was likely to examine and how a UKVI-style mock audit could help identify weaknesses before they put the licence at risk.

In this webinar, we covered:

• The purpose and structure of a UKVI sponsor compliance visit.
• The five core HR compliance areas: immigration status and right-to-work controls; migrant contact details; record-keeping; attendance and worker monitoring; and recruitment practices and professional accreditation.
• The documents and evidence UKVI might request, including passports, right-to-work evidence, Certificates of Sponsorship, job descriptions, contracts, application records, rotas, timesheets and payroll information.
• Why information had to reconcile across the Sponsorship Management System, contracts, payroll, rotas and HR files.
• How Authorising Officers, Key Contacts, Level 1 Users, managers and frontline teams could prepare for interview questions.
• Common care-sector weaknesses, including unreported changes, outdated records, role drift, unexplained absence and pay or hours that did not match the CoS.
• How a two-stage mock audit – an HR file review followed by a simulated UKVI interview – could turn findings into a practical action plan.

Why attend?

A compliance visit could test both your records and your people. This webinar helped attendees understand what good evidence looked like, where gaps commonly arose and how to prepare in a structured way. Attendees left with a clearer view of the questions to ask internally and the controls to prioritise before UKVI made contact.

Should you wish to discuss any of the points raised or have further questions, please contact:

• Kashif Majeed – Director, Aston Brooke Solicitors: support@astonbrooke.co.uk