MRUK licensed sponsor · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · IT, software and media
Microsoft Research Limited
Microsoft Research Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Microsoft Research Limited (03369488), active, incorporated in 1997 (29 years ago), registered for other information technology service activities.
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Companies House
Who Microsoft Research Limited actually is
- Company number
- 03369488
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 May 1997 · 29 years old
- What they do
62090Other information technology service activities
- Sector
- IT, software and media
- Registered office
- 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 13 September 2026.
The register
The register lists Microsoft Research Limited in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Microsoft Research Limited, number 03369488, incorporated 1997: 29 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB, CB1 2FB. Its filed activity puts it in it, software and media.
What the licence tells a candidate is that the door is not locked. Whether it is open this month is a question for Microsoft Research Limited's own careers page and the job boards, and the answer changes with the season and the order book.
What a licence means
Licensed, checked, on the list
The Home Office lists Microsoft Research Limited because it applied, was checked and continues to meet its sponsor duties. Whether a given job qualifies still depends on the role and the pay under the current rules.
How to approach them
Lead with the role, not the visa
Apply through the careers page or the job boards with a UK-style CV, say early that you would need sponsorship, and make the skill and the years the first thing they read.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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For employers
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- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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