During a suspension, the sponsor will be prevented from assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship to any new hires for the Skilled Worker or ICT visas. However the sponsor will still be required to comply with its obligations to the sponsored workers.
Where UKVI suspends a licence without further investigation, it will set out in writing the reasons for suspension and the sponsor has 20 working days to respond by setting out any mitigation. UKVI will then provide a final decision.
If UKVI undertakes a full investigation, it will write to the sponsor informing it of this and the reasons for suspension. The sponsor has 20 days to respond in writing. After the investigation has concluded UKVI will again set out its reasons for suspension which the sponsor is invited to reply to before UKVI provides its final response.
