# UK Visa Sponsor List: Skilled Worker Sponsor Register Scraper (`datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register`) Actor

Search the official UK visa sponsor list (Home Office register of licensed sponsors): Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, Creative Worker and more. Track new, removed and downgraded sponsors daily; optional Companies House data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register.md
- **Developed by:** [Data ToolsUK](https://apify.com/datatoolsuk) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Visa Sponsor List: Skilled Worker sponsor register scraper with daily changes

Looking for the **UK visa sponsor list**, **Tier 2 / Skilled Worker sponsor list** or a list of **UK companies that sponsor visas**? Search the official **Home Office register of licensed sponsors (workers)**, the list of UK employers allowed to sponsor **Skilled Worker** and other work visas, and **track changes day by day**: newly licensed sponsors, sponsors removed from the register, and **rating downgrades** (A rating to B rating). Every run resolves the latest CSV from GOV.UK, so you always get the current register (updated every working day, about 140,000 rows).

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### What you get

- Organisation name, town/city, county, type and rating, route, for every licensed sponsor
- Filters: **organisation name**, **town/city**, **county**, **route** (Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, Creative Worker, Scale-up...), **rating** (A, B, Premium, SME+, Provisional), sponsor type
- **Changes only** mode: compares today's register with the previous saved snapshot and outputs `added`, `removed` and `ratingChanged` rows with `previousRating`
- **firstSeen** date for every sponsor (first register date we saw it)
- Optional **Companies House enrichment** (company number, status, company type, registered postcode, incorporation date) with your free API key

### Use cases

- **Visa job seekers**: find employers in your city and sector that can sponsor you
- **Recruiters and immigration lawyers**: daily feed of newly licensed sponsors (warm leads) and of sponsors that were downgraded or removed (clients at risk)
- **HR and compliance**: check a supplier's or partner's sponsor status automatically
- **Researchers and journalists**: track sponsor licence revocations over time

### Input examples

Search:

```json
{ "organisationName": "games", "town": "London", "routes": ["Skilled Worker"], "maxResults": 500 }
```

Daily change feed (schedule it):

```json
{ "changesOnly": true, "routes": ["Skilled Worker"] }
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "organisationName": "505 Games Limited",
  "town": "Milton Keynes",
  "county": null,
  "typeAndRating": "Worker (A rating)",
  "sponsorType": "Worker",
  "rating": "A rating",
  "route": "Skilled Worker",
  "changeType": "ratingChanged",
  "previousRating": "B rating",
  "firstSeen": "2026-11-12",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-11-12",
  "companyNumber": "04123456",
  "companyStatus": "active"
}
```

`changeType` is `added`, `removed` or `ratingChanged` in changes mode; `unchanged` (or null before any snapshot exists) in search mode. A run summary is saved as `SUMMARY` in the default key-value store.

### How change tracking works

Each run saves a compressed snapshot of the full register in the named key-value store `uk-visa-sponsors-state` (last 10 register dates kept). In *Changes only* mode the Actor diffs the current register against the latest earlier snapshot. The first run creates the baseline, so you get changes from the next register update onward. `firstSeen` is the first register date this Actor saw the sponsor, so for sponsors already present at the baseline it means "on or before".

### FAQ

**Is it official?** The data comes straight from the Home Office CSV on GOV.UK. Being on the register does not mean an employer is hiring.
**How often is it updated?** The Home Office updates the register every working day; schedule this Actor daily.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$3 per 1,000 results** ($0.003 per row in the dataset), plus a tiny $0.00005 per run start. No subscription and no extra charges for filters, change tracking or Companies House matching. Set a **maximum cost per run** in Apify and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached, keeping everything it has already returned.

### Data licence and attribution

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers (GOV.UK). Some sponsors are sole traders whose names are personal data; use the data in line with UK GDPR.

# Actor input Schema

## `organisationName` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive search in the organisation name, e.g. 'NHS' or 'games'. Leave empty for all sponsors.

## `town` (type: `string`):

e.g. London, Manchester.

## `county` (type: `string`):

e.g. Greater Manchester. Many rows have no county, so prefer Town.

## `routes` (type: `array`):

Any of: Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Creative Worker, Charity Worker, International Sportsperson, Religious Worker, Scale-up, Seasonal Worker, Government Authorised Exchange... (partial match).

## `ratings` (type: `array`):

e.g. 'A rating', 'B rating', 'Premium', 'SME+', 'Provisional' (partial match).

## `sponsorTypes` (type: `array`):

Worker or Temporary Worker licence.

## `changesOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Output only sponsors added, removed or with a rating change since the previous saved snapshot (stored in the named key-value store 'uk-visa-sponsors-state'). The first run saves a baseline. Schedule daily.

## `compareToSnapshotDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD of an earlier saved snapshot to diff against instead of the latest one (last 10 kept).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

0 = no limit (the full register is ~140,000 rows).

## `companiesHouseApiKey` (type: `string`):

Free key from developer.company-information.service.gov.uk. Adds company number, status, type, registered postcode and incorporation date.

## `maxEnrich` (type: `integer`):

Companies House allows 600 requests per 5 minutes.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "organisationName": "games",
  "routes": [
    "Skilled Worker"
  ],
  "changesOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "maxEnrich": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Licensed sponsor rows (or added/removed/rating-changed rows in changes mode) in the default dataset.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

JSON summary of the run (counts, source dates, whether a spending limit was reached).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "organisationName": "games",
    "routes": [
        "Skilled Worker"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "organisationName": "games",
    "routes": ["Skilled Worker"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "organisationName": "games",
  "routes": [
    "Skilled Worker"
  ]
}' |
apify call datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datatoolsuk/uk-visa-sponsor-register"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/glqII31jd7cK6WtVS/builds/OsHPZv6CT83fihMKV/openapi.json