Unfortunately, if your organisation has its sponsor licence revoked, you will not be allowed to apply for a new sponsor licence for a specified period of time. This is typically referred to as the “cooling-off period”, and is normally 12 months from the date of the sponsor licence revocation. However, “cooling-off periods” can be as long as five years in the case of particularly serious breaches.
Please note that a “cooling-off period” will also apply in the event that you decide to surrender your firm’s sponsor licence while the Home Office is in the process of taking compliance action against you, but before it has actually revoked your licence. In this situation, the 12-month “cooling-off period” will commence from the date the Home Office accepts your notification of surrender.
If you do decide not to challenge the sponsor licence revocation, and to instead apply for a new licence once the “cooling-off period” has ended, the Home Office will treat your application the same as it would have done if you were applying for a sponsor licence for the first time. You will, however, be required to demonstrate prior to your re-application, that you have addressed any reasons for the revocation of your previous sponsor licence.