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Passportia Limited is proud to announce the successful grant of a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence for North West Surrey Integrated Care Services (NICS) Ltd, one of the largest GP Federations in North West Surrey. This milestone represents a pivotal enablement step for an organisation providing integrated, GP-led services to more than 370,000 patients across 37 practices. Securing a licence at this scale demonstrates Passportia’s ability to support major healthcare providers in strengthening their long-term workforce resilience.  

NICS Ltd identified a growing operational need for sustainable high-quality workforce pipelines across medicines management, patient-support functions, and broader primary-care services. As patient volumes rose and service demand intensified, the organisation required the ability to recruit and retain skilled professionals with the pharmacy, clinical-administrative, and primary-care expertise necessary to keep critical pathways functioning efficiently. Obtaining a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence was essential to preserving continuity of care whilst maintaining safe and compliant service delivery across its entire network.  

Passportia partnered closely with NICS Ltd to design a comprehensive licence application that demonstrated the organisation’s structural readiness, governance, HR systems, compliance framework, and long-term workforce requirements. Our team coordinated the full audit of internal recruitment processes, mapped workforce gaps to Skilled Worker eligibility criteria, and prepared a structured compliance case showing why sponsorship capability was essential for a healthcare provider of this scale. We ensured that all licence-holder duties, monitoring processes, and Home Office requirements were satisfied ensuring there was no margin for ambiguity. The successful approval of the Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence marked a transformative moment for NICS Ltd. With this authorisation, the organisation can now lawfully recruit international healthcare talent, retain high-performing individuals already embedded in their teams, and solidify their capacity in critical roles.   
 

This achievement underscores the strategic impact Passportia delivers for large-scale healthcare organisations. At Passportia, we do more than facilitate visa processes; we enable employers to unlock long-term workforce stability by aligning their recruitment models with compliant sponsorship frameworks and support employers in attracting and retaining high-calibre international talent. Our advisory approach ensures that clients like NICS Ltd can operate within a compliant sponsorship framework while attracting and retaining the talent that underpins their service quality. 

Securing a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence for one of North West Surrey’s most significant primary-care providers reinforces our reputation as a trusted legal partner for high-growth, high-impact organisations navigating the complexities of the UK immigration system. Passportia is committed to helping organisations of every size and industry to attract, retain, and support high-value talent through tailored sponsorship solutions that evolve with their operational needs.