Crisis Guide
Your UK Sponsor Lost Their Licence — What to Do
You have 60 calendar days from the date you’re notified to find a new licensed sponsor or you must leave the UK; the timer starts from the Home Office letter, not from when sponsorship ended.
Key fact
60-day countdown from Home Office notification letter
Step-by-step
- 1Read the Home Office letter carefully — it states the exact deadline.
- 2Confirm what status you’re left with: most sponsored visas are curtailed, not cancelled outright.
- 3Apply only to employers verified on the current Home Office register.
- 4Lateral moves in the same SOC code are quickest because the role description matches.
- 5Get the new CoS issued and submit visa application before the deadline.
- 6If no new offer is realistic, plan exit timing and dependants accordingly.
Common pitfalls
- !Don’t rely on appeal/judicial review to extend the 60 days — it rarely succeeds in time.
- !Other workers at the same revoked sponsor are competing for the same hires; act fast.