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...