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Visas: Sponsorship

Commons · Question 1041 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 May 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether artificial intelligence, machine learning, or automated analytical tools are used to process data submitted by sponsor employers for visa sponsorship purposes.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 21 May 2026

AI is not being used to make or support decision making in Sponsor Licensing applications, licence maintenance or visa sponsorship applications. There is some automation of updates to organisation and key personnel details made by sponsors via their Spons...