The certificate of sponsorship can be withdrawn at any time for various reasons. If the certificate is withdrawn, it becomes invalid and cannot be used. If you do not want to come to the United Kingdom, then you should get your employer to cancel the certificate of sponsorship.

If you do not want to take the job from one sponsor as you want to take a job from another sponsor, you must contact the first sponsor and ask them to withdraw the certificate of sponsorship. You must do this in writing or by email and give the sponsor five working days to withdraw the certificate.

If they do not withdraw the certificate within those five days, you should send a reminder to the sponsor, who has another five days to withdraw the certificate of sponsorship. If the sponsor still has not withdrawn the certificate of sponsorship in this time, you should contact the sponsor licensing unit in writing. They will contact the sponsor and get them to withdraw the certificate of sponsorship. You can find the sponsor licensing unit's contact details on the right side of this page.

When you contact the sponsor licensing unit, you must give the following information:

·         your full name;

·         your nationality;

·         the name of the sponsor you no longer want to work for;

·         the certificate of sponsorship reference number that you want withdrawn;

·         the date you first got in touch with the sponsor to ask them to withdraw the certificate;

·         the date you sent a reminder to the sponsor to withdraw the certificate;

·         the name of the sponsor you want to work for;

·         the reason why you want the certificate of sponsorship to be cancelled.

You must send a copy of any letters or emails.