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Does my employer have to be on the sponsor register before I apply?

I have a verbal offer from a small company in Leeds, about 30 staff. They have never hired from outside the UK and they are asking me how it works, which is not reassuring. As I understand it they need a sponsor licence first, then they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship, then I apply. Is that right, and roughly how long does the licence itself take? They are asking whether I can start in six weeks and I do not want to promise something that is not possible.

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