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Do we have to carry out a full recruitment process?

Despite the RLMT being abolished, sponsors need to satisfy UKVI that the role they want to sponsor is a genuine vacancy within their business and carrying out a recruitment process and retaining evidence of this is one way to satisfy UKVI.

 

Read more about this and other questions in our

Sponsor licences section.

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