A UK sponsor's calendar runs from the Certificate of Sponsorship; the Philippine calendar runs from accreditation at the Migrant Workers Office in London. The two have to meet before the Certificate expires and, for listed trades in 2026, before 31 December. This page sets out the Philippine steps — accreditation, contract registration, job order, exit documents — in the order that makes both calendars work.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office at the Philippine Embassy in London, which has jurisdiction for the United Kingdom and Ireland, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist, and UK sponsor guidance itself forbids passing the Immigration Skills Charge or the sponsor-licence costs to the worker. Your company is the sponsor and the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
The Migrant Workers Office in London accredits the employer, registers each employment contract (£9, five to seven working days) and verifies that the terms match what the sponsor declared on the Certificate of Sponsorship — salary, hours, job title and SOC code. A mismatch between the Philippine contract and the Certificate is the commonest avoidable delay, and we draft one document for both.
The United Kingdom and the Philippines have a memorandum of understanding on the recruitment of Filipino healthcare professionals (11 November 2021) with a joint committee and worker-protection commitments; there is no general bilateral labour agreement, so trades are recruited under the Skilled Worker rules and the DMW rules as they stand. In 2025 some 13,700 Philippine nationals were main applicants for Skilled Worker and Health and Care Worker visas — the fifth nationality — with the Health and Care share now almost entirely nurses after the care-worker closure. Across all nationalities Health and Care Worker main applicants fell 65 % in the year to June 2026 and Skilled Worker applicants 30 %. The UK remains a nurse market and, for Certificates issued before 31 December 2026, a listed-trades market; we plan it as such.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office at the Philippine Embassy in London, which has jurisdiction for the United Kingdom and Ireland, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist, and UK sponsor guidance itself forbids passing the Immigration Skills Charge or the sponsor-licence costs to the worker. Your company is the sponsor and the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
Everything here is subject to the Immigration Rules in force on the day the Certificate of Sponsorship is assigned (Appendix Skilled Worker, Appendix Skilled Occupations, Appendix Immigration Salary List), Home Office sponsor guidance, the professional regulators and Philippine DMW rules.
At the Philippine Embassy, 6 Suffolk Street, London — the United Kingdom and its territories, Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Five to seven working days, at £9 per contract, once the employer is accredited; the contract must match the Certificate of Sponsorship.
No — it covers healthcare professionals. Trades are recruited under the Skilled Worker rules and the DMW rules.
At an approved clinic in Manila (IOM, Makati), Cebu, Davao, Iloilo or Cagayan de Oro — valid six months; the cost is met by the employer under the employer-pays principle.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.