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Lantra

Coventry, Warwickshire · Currently licensed

Lantra holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 23 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Government Authorised Exchange visa, and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last confirmed: 23 Oct 2026 (latest edition)
Listing spells: 2 (removed and re-listed 1 time)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker	Government Authorised Exchange visa For approved exchange schemes: work experience, training, research and fellowships run by government departments or endorsed bodies. The sponsor is usually the scheme operator, not the host employer.	A rating	1 Nov 2024

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker	Government Authorised Exchange visa	A rating	23 Jun 2021	15 Oct 2024

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

1 Nov 2024
Re-listed on register
Listed again after an absence, typically after a suspension was lifted or a new licence granted.
18 Oct 2024
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 15 Oct 2024. The register does not state the reason.

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Entries are matched by organisation name and town as the Home Office publishes them. A sponsor that changes town, or is published with a different spelling, appears as a separate entry; confirmed renames are linked above. The register carries no licence number or company number. Verify against the official register before relying on this for a decision.