23 May 2024

Visa sponsorship permissions

Permissions for visa sponsorship are defined in the Immigration authorisation areas UK visa sponsorship and Settings. Groups of visa sponsorship staff must be assigned to roles in the Immigration authorisation area UK visa sponsorship and the Web apps authorisation area Visa sponsorship. Administrators must be assigned to roles in the Immigration authorisation area Settings to manage the settings. For example, to define the sponsor license number.

Admissions officers must be assigned to roles with permissions to edit or view the Identity and immigration tab in Applications. For more information, go to Admissions permissions.

UK visa sponsorship

The Immigration area details the default permissions and roles for visa sponsorship staff as follows:

Visa sponsorship viewer

View CAS requests in the Visa sponsorship app.

Visa sponsorship officer

As for Visa sponsorship viewer, plus can edit CAS requests.
Visa sponsorship manager
Has all permissions in UK visa sponsorship.

The table Immigration roles and permissions details the permissions for Visa sponsorship staff.

Immigration roles and permissions
Permissions Visa sponsorship viewer Visa sponsorship officer Visa sponsorship manager Description

UK visa sponsorship - Abandon CAS

No

No

Yes

Abandon CAS requests

UK visa sponsorship - Archive

No

No

Yes

Archive CAS requests

UK visa sponsorship - Create

No

No

Yes

Create CAS requests

UK visa sponsorship - Delete

No

No

Yes

Delete CAS requests

UK visa sponsorship - Edit

No

Yes

Yes

Edit CAS requests

UK visa sponsorship – Export

No

No

Yes

Export CAS requests to a zipped file

UK visa sponsorship - Import

No

No

Yes

Import CAS requests from a zipped file

UK visa sponsorship- View

Yes

Yes

Yes

View CAS requests

Settings

The Settings area defines the roles, permissions, and groups to manage the settings for visa sponsorship. The default role is Visa sponsorship manager and permissions are detailed in the table Settings roles and permissions.

Settings roles and permissions
Permissions Visa sponsorship manager Description

UK visa sponsorship settings - Edit

Yes

Edit visa sponsorship settings.

UK visa sponsorship settings - View

Yes

View visa sponsorship settings.