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Shift Youth + Community

Reading, Berkshire · Removed from register after 14 May 2025

Shift Youth + Community is no longer on the register of licensed sponsors. It last appeared in the edition of 14 May 2025 and cannot currently sponsor overseas workers for UK visas. The register does not say whether the licence was revoked, surrendered, expired or suspended. What removal can mean.

First seen on register: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last listed: 14 May 2025
Listing spells: 2 (removed and re-listed 1 time)

Visa routes this sponsor was licensed for

No routes currently listed.

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Tier 2 Ministers of Religion Worker	Minister of Religion visa (T2)	A rating	9 Dec 2022	14 May 2025
Tier 2 Ministers of Religion Worker	Minister of Religion visa (T2)	A rating	5 Nov 2021	25 Feb 2022
Charity Worker Temporary Worker	Charity Worker visa	A rating	23 Jun 2021	25 Feb 2022
Religious Worker Temporary Worker	Religious Worker visa	A rating	23 Jun 2021	25 Feb 2022
Tier 2 Ministers of Religion Worker	Minister of Religion visa (T2)	A rating	23 Jun 2021	5 Oct 2021

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

15 May 2025
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 14 May 2025. The register does not state the reason.
9 Dec 2022
Re-listed on register
Listed again after an absence, typically after a suspension was lifted or a new licence granted.
7 Mar 2022
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 25 Feb 2022. The register does not state the reason.
5 Nov 2021
Route added
Licensed for the Tier 2 Ministers of Religion route with A rating: Minister of Religion visa (T2).
6 Oct 2021
Route removed
No longer licensed for the Tier 2 Ministers of Religion route (Minister of Religion visa (T2)).

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