--- title: "VakifBank UK Representative Office: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vakifbank-uk-representative-office-london-721360 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # VakifBank UK Representative Office: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, VakifBank UK Representative Office (Companies House FC042749, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 2 October 2025 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker - First seen on the register: 2 October 2025 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Companies House number: FC042749 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/FC042749) - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vakifbank-uk-representative-office-london-721360 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 2 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 9 Apr 2026: Director resigned: USTUNSALIH, Abdi Serdar. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Apr 2026: New director appointed: ARSLAN, Osman. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about VakifBank UK Representative Office ### Is VakifBank UK Representative Office a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. VakifBank UK Representative Office in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can VakifBank UK Representative Office sponsor? VakifBank UK Representative Office is licensed for Global Business Mobility: UK Expansion Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is VakifBank UK Representative Office based? The register lists VakifBank UK Representative Office at London. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number FC042749. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vakifbank-uk-representative-office-london-721360 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vakifbank-uk-representative-office-london-721360.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.