--- title: "Visa Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/visa-europe-limited-london-695556 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 --- # Visa Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Visa Europe Limited (Companies House 05139966, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 11 June 2018 (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: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 11 June 2018 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: LONDON - Registered address: 1 Sheldon Square, London, W2 6TT - Companies House number: 05139966 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05139966) - Website: https://www.visa.co.uk - 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/visa-europe-limited-london-695556 ## 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 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Jan 2026: Director resigned: HOFFMEISTER, James Holton. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 7 Aug 2025: Director resigned: PLUMB, Peter James. Director change recorded on 7 Aug 2025. 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: HOGG, Charlotte Mary. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 2025. 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. - 10 Sep 2024: Notification of Visa Inc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Sep 2024. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 10 Sep 2024: Cessation of Visa International Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Sep 2024. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 May 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 May 2024. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 25 Jul 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Jul 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2022: New director appointed: HOFFMEISTER, James Holton. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2022. 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. - 1 Jul 2022: Director resigned: LIVINGSTON, Robert Philip. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2022. 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. - 3 Dec 2019: New director appointed: PLUMB, Peter James. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 2019. 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. - 3 Dec 2019: Director resigned: RICHEY, Mary Ellen. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 2019. 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. - 5 Aug 2019: New director appointed: LIVINGSTON, Robert Philip. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 2019. 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. - 5 Aug 2019: Director resigned: SOUTO GONZALEZ, Jose Manuel. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 2019. 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. - 10 Jun 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 Jun 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Dec 2018: Director resigned: CONSTANZA, Jean Louis. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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. - 26 Sep 2018: Secretary resigned: BUCKSEY, Nicholas. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Sep 2018. 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. - 2 Jul 2018: Director resigned: HOFFMAN, Gary Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 2018. 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. 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 Visa Europe Limited ### Is Visa Europe Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Visa Europe Limited in LONDON is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Visa Europe Limited sponsor? Visa Europe Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Visa Europe Limited based? The register lists Visa Europe Limited at 1 Sheldon Square, London, W2 6TT. 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 05139966. 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/visa-europe-limited-london-695556 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/visa-europe-limited-london-695556.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.