Trusted Partner Initiative
A DETE registration scheme giving approved employers and agents faster, streamlined employment permit applications with reduced paperwork.
Trusted Partner status removes the need to resubmit company documentation with every application and moves your applications into a faster processing queue — often cutting weeks off hiring timelines. Registration is free and valid for a set period. If you hire from outside the EEA more than once, there is little reason not to hold it; recruitment agencies managing permits at volume will almost always operate under it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — agencies managing permit applications at volume almost always operate under Trusted Partner status, which is part of why agency-managed applications tend to move faster and encounter fewer requests for further information than one-off employer submissions.
Registration is free of charge, which makes the cost-benefit calculation simple: if you expect to file more than one permit application during the registration's validity period, register. The application is made to DETE and approval is typically straightforward for compliant employers.
Faster processing queues and less repetitive paperwork: you register your company details once rather than resubmitting them with every application. For any employer hiring from outside the EEA more than occasionally, the time saved on each application compounds quickly.