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What type of Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is needed for sponsorship under a Skilled Worker visa?

For the Skilled Worker visa, ‘defined’ and ‘undefined’ Certificates of Sponsorship were introduced on 1 December 2020.

If the worker applies for their visa from outside the UK, the sponsor needs to assign them a defined CoS and if they are applying for their visa from within the UK, the sponsor needs to assign them an undefined CoS.

 

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Skilled Worker (for businesses) section.

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