Foreign Lawyer Pathways
Business Setup and Sponsorship Guidance
Complete roadmap guidance for RFL self-sponsorship — visa route, business planning, and regulatory requirements at every step.
What you get
Route assessment
A clear account of the visa and sponsorship routes open to you given your qualifications and plans, and what each one asks of you before and after it is granted.
Business planning
What your business needs to look like on paper for a sponsorship application to be credible — structure, premises, and the plan behind it.
Regulatory requirements
The obligations that come with holding a sponsor licence, so the requirements are known going in rather than discovered at a compliance visit.
Step-by-step roadmap
The sequence set out in order, with what has to be true at each stage before the next one becomes possible.
Who is this for?
Registered Foreign Lawyers planning to sponsor themselves through their own business
Legal professionals setting up a UK practice while resolving their immigration position
Anyone weighing self-sponsorship against employment with an existing sponsor
Not sure this is the right route?
Tell us where you qualified and what you are trying to do here. If a different service fits your situation better, we will say so.