Automating UK Work Visa Casework
Handling rising costs and competition
Global mobility providers are experiencing rising costs. The highest cost of servicing clients is caseworking, which, if done manually, is very time-consuming. In contrast, many large corporate employers are trying to lower the fees they pay for immigration services.
To cut costs, some providers are offshoring casework to teams in low-cost locations, while others are exploring automation.
Offshoring entails the administrative costs of managing an overseas entity, recruiting, training, overseeing, and retaining staff whose first language is usually not English. Automation means the work can be done with considerably less human effort. AORA technology offers complete automation. It is current with law and policy, scalable with demand, ensures strict compliance, and minimises the time between a client’s instruction and service delivery.
A modern global mobility business should use technology to maximise its corporate and brand value.
AORA's set-up is quick and easy
Interoperability with in-house systems
We understand that integration with existing systems is essential for our larger clients. We have a documented API that allows customers to connect their in-house immigration case management system (CMS), which extracts data from the Sponsor's HR or onboarding systems and pushes it into AORA. After receiving data from the CMS, AORA automatically performs eligibility assessments, generates reports, and completes forms, while notifying the CMS at each step—showing live progress or status. It then saves all data, whether captured or generated, including completed forms, within the CMS, creating a comprehensive client file for long-term storage. Once a case is completed, it is closed on the CMS, and all related data is permanently deleted from AORA to ensure GDPR compliance. In this way, the AORA platform works alongside the in-house CMS with seamless, real-time data flow.
Enterprise Clients
AORA can be hosted on an in-house server behind a corporate firewall for additional security, e.g., enabling a zero-trust security model. We recognise that enterprise clients may need certain assurances to guarantee long-term security for their operations. Therefore, we are flexible regarding licensing terms for large customers, including bespoke licensing arrangements where appropriate.
Helpful Dashboards
The dashboard shows, at a glance, each sponsor's activity. The user can drill down into the cases being processed for each sponsor and track their activities and target dates.
At the case level, the user can see the case workflow progress and post descriptive notes. This is helpful for the sponsor HR staff who can then see at a glance the progress of their matter.
Citizenship Cases
British citizenship by naturalisation now features an intelligent questionnaire to collect client data. Using AORA to assess eligibility, review data, and complete the AN1 application form takes less than 10 minutes, unless an issue is flagged during the assessment. This represents a significant productivity boost over manual processes. We also plan to interface with the CMS to retrieve client data, such as information previously collected for the ILR application.
We will be introducing automation for ILR and the UK statutory residence test (SRT). We anticipate that volumes for ILR and naturalisation will increase significantly between 2026 and 2028 as immigrants reach their fifth and sixth anniversaries of arrival in the UK.
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