Calculating Minimum Salary for Employees
From 9 April 2025, the minimum salary requirement for the Skilled Worker visa increased from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). Any new Skilled Worker visa applications processed after April 9th will have to meet this minimum salary requirement.
Skilled Workers with existing visas who stay with their current employer and do not require an extension before their visa expires will not be affected by this change. For any Skilled Worker visa renewals or job changes after 9 April 2025, companies should ensure employees meet the updated salary requirements.
You can use our Minimum Salary Calculator to work out the exact salary required, which varies on the SOC code the candidate will be sponsored under.
Visa Application Fees
Legally the employer has to cover these fees for the visa application:
CoS assignment fee: £525
ISC (Immigration Skills Charge) fee: £364 per year of sponsorship for small sponsors, £1,000 per year of sponsorship for large sponsors.
These additional fees can either by paid by the employer, or passed onto the candidate:
Borderless Fee
Government Visa Fee: £304 for sponsorship up to 3 years, or £590 for sponsorship that over 3 years.
IHS (Immigration Health Surcharge) fee: £1035 per year of sponsorship (this fee is not needed for health & care worker visas).
Please use our visa fees calculator to give you an accurate breakdown of the visa application fees for each candidate you wish to sponsor!
Invoices
You can view all of your invoices on the Employer portal by navigating to the 'Payments' tab on the left panel. If you have any missing invoices, or any issues with any invoices please contact [email protected].
