What changed
The Home Office’s current Part 2 version incorporates changes effective on 8 and 29 October and the Right to Work Scheme changes of 1 October.
The publication history identifies the relevant effective dates. A guidance publication date does not mean every provision started on the same day.
Action for sponsors
- review recruitment, starting-work and absence procedures against the sections relevant to the organisation’s licensed routes, and retain a dated decision on changes needed.
Primary sources & review
- Sponsor a worker: Part 2 publication historyPublisher update: 8 October 2026 · Checked 4 November 2026
- Workers and Temporary Workers: Part 2 — sponsor a workerPublisher update: 8 October 2026 · Checked 4 November 2026
Sources checked on 4 November 2026. Open the current official text before making a report or decision. Working suggestions on this page are internal control recommendations unless expressly identified as an official requirement.