Microsoft holds a UK sponsor licence
It can assign a certificate of sponsorship for a job it offers you.
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
- A rating
- Skilled Worker
- A rating
From the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 5 Nov 2026. What a licence means
Open jobs in the UK 2
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- H-1B approvals (US)
- 43,203
- USCIS employer data hub
- Positions approved (CA)
- 20
- across 2 positive LMIA decisions · ESDC open data
- AU sponsor status
- Accredited
- Department of Home Affairs
- IE employment permits
- 1,167
- DETE permit records
- NZ accreditation
- Accredited
- Immigration New Zealand
Current Job Openings at Microsoft
Regional Datacenter Business Operations Program Manager
Strategic Account Executive, ATO - Canberra
Cloud & AI Solution Engineer - Azure Platform
HR Manager, UK DC Operations
Senior Software Engineer W+D
Principal Software Engineer
Software Engineer - Agent 365
Solution Area Specialist - Business Process
Datacenter Operations Manager
Applied Scientist (Agentic AI)-PhD Graduate
Reach someone who hires at Microsoft
We hold the email address of 8 people here. No vacancy needed — your first one is free.
- A.Show emailDirector, HR Business PartnerA. M.
- B.Show emailDirector of People Operations at Microsoft CISO orgB. R.
- C.Show emailHR DirectorC. L.
- C.Show emailInternational Director of University RecruitmentC. W.
- M.Show emailHuman Resources DirectorM. E.
- M.Show emailGlobal Human Resources Business Partner, Senior Human Resources ManagerM. M.
Sponsorship record
- United States: 43,203 H-1B approvals between 2009 and 2026, 669 denied.
- Canada: 20 positions approved in 2 positive LMIA decisions between 2015 and 2022, mostly software engineers and designers (4) and computer and information systems managers.
- United Kingdom: 2 sponsor licences under the Microsoft name (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, A rating; Skilled Worker, A rating). Each is held by a separate business, such as Microsoft Limited and Microsoft Limited.
- Australia: on the Department of Home Affairs list of accredited sponsors.
- Ireland: 1,167 employment permits issued between 2020 and 2025.
- New Zealand: 2 accredited employers under this name, in information media and telecommunications.
- 69 open jobs on ApplyWave: 15 in the United Kingdom, 15 in Ireland, 12 in Australia, 12 in New Zealand, 9 in Canada, 7 in the United States.
Sources: USCIS H-1B data hub, ESDC LMIA open data, Home Office register of licensed sponsors, Department of Home Affairs, DETE employment permit statistics, Immigration New Zealand accredited employers.
Visa Sponsorship History at Microsoft
Visa Sponsorship Details
United States — H-1B
Canada — LMIA
Top Sponsored Positions
New Zealand — Accredited Employer
Industry: Information Media and Telecommunications
See the full NZ accredited employer listAbout Microsoft: key facts
- Status
- Active
- Company number
- 01624297
- Industry
- Information technology consultancy activities (SIC 62020)
- Registered in
- Reading
- Industry
- Information
- H-1B filings on record
- 2009–2026
- Filing location
- Redmond, WA
- LMIA decisions on record
- 2015–2022
- LMIA location
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Employment permits
- 108 in 2026 (97 in 2025)
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