I am an UK national and have a great position and great pay, thus i don't believe that will be a problem. I can sponsor my husband that is not a problem. Would he be able to work at his current firm under my sponsorship, or apply for a new job. If he gets a new job, he can transfer from my sponsorship to his new comp. I know people who came on wife's sponsorship and looked for a job and transferred thier sponsorship to thier new employers once they got a job. But that person did not have a job or previous sponsorship. Our case is different, cause he has a current sponsorship. Only reason why we want to switch is so that he can have some freedom to choose. This whole release thing is like torture.