Get Your Sponsor Licence Back
Why AY&J Solicitors For a Revocation
- Your notice says there is no right of appeal. It does not mention the pre-action protocol route, which is where a good number of revocations get reconsidered.
- We run those letters as routine work rather than a last resort. You will get an honest view on whether yours is worth bringing.
Why A Y & J Are Your Ideal Sponsor Licence Solicitors
- First need a confirmed job offer from a UK employer holding a valid sponsor licence
- Then, you can apply for Skilled Worker visa and move to the UK.
- Then, you can apply for Skilled Worker visa and move to the UK.
- Then, you can apply for Skilled Worker visa and move to the UK.
Our story in numbers
Revocation Grounds and What Can Be Argued
What your notice says
- Paying below the rate on the Certificate of Sponsorship
- A role that does not match the occupation code
- Recouping sponsorship fees from a worker
- Right to work or record-keeping failures
- False information or falsified records
What can be argued
- Annex C1 grounds are mandatory and much harder to shift
- Annex C2 and C3 mean someone exercised judgement, and judgement can be challenged
- We check whether the Home Office got the law or the facts wrong
- Where the breach is real, we evidence what has been fixed
- You will get a straight answer either way
5 steps to your sponsor licence.
A free 15-minute call with our client team to check your business is eligible for a sponsor licence and spot anything that could rule an application out. This is a screening call, not legal advice, so there is no fee.
You receive: a clear view of whether we can help, and your fixed fee.
Once the client care agreement is signed, a solicitor reviews your business, the roles you want to fill and your key personnel, then confirms the right licence type and the documents you need.
You receive: a written eligibility position and a document checklist.
We audit your HR systems against sponsor duties, fix any gaps, draft the policies you need and build your Appendix A document bundle.
You receive: a compliance-ready application bundle.
A senior associate reviews the file independently before we complete the online application, pay the Home Office fee and send your supporting documents within 5 working days.
You receive: submission confirmation and updates on a set schedule.
We prepare your team for any Home Office compliance visit and handle queries until the decision, then help you assign Certificates of Sponsorship and stay compliant.
You receive: a licence ready to use and a compliance plan.
Our Process
The AY&J Process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
Eligibility assessment
You receive
A quick eligibility check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
You receive
Written eligibility and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
You receive
A complete application bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review & Evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
You receive
Pre submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Our Process
The AY&J Process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
British citizenship eligibility assessment
You receive
A quick eligibility check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
You receive
Written eligibility and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
You receive
A complete application bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review & Evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
You receive
Pre submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Our Process
The AY&J process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
Eligibility assessment
We read the refusal and confirm you have a right of appeal.
You receive
A quick standing check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
We confirm your ground, appeal or JR, and protect your 3C leave.
You receive
Written next steps and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
We draft the grounds and build the bundle and skeleton argument.
You receive
A complete appeal bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review and evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
We serve the bundle and represent you at the hearing.
You receive
A pre-submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
We explain the outcome and advise on any onward appeal.
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Our Process
The AY&J process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
Individual eligibility assessment
A phone or video call, wherever you are in Edinburgh, to check for issues.
You receive
A quick eligibility check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
A solicitor maps your options on a video call, at a time that suits you.
You receive
Written next steps and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
We gather your documents and build the evidence bundle for you.
You receive
A complete application bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review and evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
A senior associate reviews, then we submit and deal with the Home Office.
You receive
A pre-submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
We explain the decision and your next steps by video.
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Our Process
The AY&J Process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
Family dependant eligibility assessment
You receive
A quick eligibility check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
You receive
Written eligibility and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
You receive
A complete application bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review & Evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
You receive
Pre submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Our Process
The AY&J process
01
Discovery
Fifteen minutes with our client team to check for issues
Screening conversation, not legal advice
Eligibility assessment
We check both tests, the relationship and the finances.
You receive
A quick eligibility check
02
Consult
Solicitor-led case assessment
Immigration options mapped
Initial risk identification
We map the right financial category and the risk.
You receive
Written next steps and a document schedule with dates
03
Caseworking
Application preparation
Evidence bundle assembled
Legal representations drafted
We build the relationship evidence and draft the application.
You receive
A complete application bundle
04
Assure & Submit
Senior associate review and evidence-gap check
Legal-risk review
Submission and correspondence
Proactive monitoring
Updates on schedule
We submit online, book biometrics, and monitor the decision.
You receive
A pre-submission assessment call
05
After Care
Decision explained
Immediate next steps
Future immigration roadmap
We explain the outcome and plan extension and settlement.
You receive
An outcome letter and forward plan
This diagram describes our working method and is not legal advice. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and on Home Office decision-making.
Costs & Processing Times
In our clients' own words.
“After our ILR rejection, AY&J pursued our case through Administrative Review and Judicial Review. The team was open, honest, knowledgeable and attentive to every detail. They kept us informed at every stage, supported us throughout an extremely difficult journey and helped us regain confidence in our case.”
Send us your revocation notice
Frequently Asked Questions
Your notice
The Home Office has permanently withdrawn your right to sponsor workers, with immediate effect. You come off the register, SMS access closes, and every Certificate you have assigned becomes invalid.
Your notice
Yes, and it happens more often than it used to. Plenty of the revocations we see arrive with no suspension at all. Some land within a day of the sponsor sending documents the Home Office asked for.
Your notice
It will cite Annex C1, C2 or C3 of Part 3 of the sponsor guidance. C1 is mandatory and much harder to shift. C2 and C3 mean someone exercised judgement. Send us the notice and we will tell you which you are dealing with.
Your notice
Not in the way a suspension has one, because there is nothing you are being invited to reply to. What does have a deadline is judicial review, which must be brought within three months of the decision.
Your notice
It is the ground we see more than any other, and it is rarely deliberate. An accountant applies the wrong going rate, or a probation arrangement pays a fraction upfront. That does not excuse it, but it does change how the case is argued.
Challenging it
There is no statutory right of appeal. The route is a pre-action protocol letter, and then judicial review in the Administrative Court if that does not resolve it.
Challenging it
A formal letter before claim. It sets out where the decision went wrong in law and gives the Home Office a chance to reconsider before proceedings are issued. It is faster and far cheaper than judicial review.
Challenging it
We would suggest not, at least until you have taken advice. A well-meant email can concede a point you would want to argue, or fix a version of events you cannot later move away from.
Challenging it
It explains what happened, which matters, though it does not by itself answer the breach. What it can affect is how the case gets framed, particularly where the ground sits in Annex C2 or C3.
Challenging it
That depends entirely on which annex your notice relies on and what your records show. We will read the notice and tell you honestly. If a challenge does not stand up, we will say so.
Your workers
Their permission is normally shortened to 60 calendar days. In that window they can find a new sponsor or move to another route. Dependants follow the main applicant.
Your workers
The Home Office writes to them itself, promptly, and does not say why. You will want to speak to your staff before that email lands.
Your workers
Yes. Where the Home Office believes a worker knew what was going on, it cancels their permission outright rather than shortening it. They then have to leave immediately.
Your workers
Longer than most people expect. Weeks in some cases, several months in others. The 60 days runs from that letter, not from the revocation.
Your workers
You can tell them early, which is the single most useful thing you can do. Of the care workers the Home Office signposted for support between May 2024 and April 2025, around 3% had found a new sponsor by April 2025. The ones who start early do far better.
Costs and next steps
Our fee for a pre-action protocol letter and revocation representation starts at £[confirm] plus VAT, and you will know it before we start. There is no Home Office fee for the challenge itself.
Costs and next steps
Twelve months at minimum. That rises to at least 24 months if you have been revoked before, and reaches 5 years in certain civil penalty cases.
Costs and next steps
Only helpfully if you move before the Home Office starts compliance action. Surrender after that point and you wait the same 12 or 24 months. You also cannot surrender while you still sponsor anyone.
Costs and next steps
It can. A revocation sits on your Home Office record and will be taken into account in any future application, including by connected businesses. Tell us about any related entities on the first call.
Costs and next steps
A solicitor reads your notice, identifies the grounds it relies on, and tells you whether a challenge is worth bringing. A revocation always needs a proper consultation rather than a screening chat, so this one is chargeable.