An institution which has its Student sponsor licence revoked by the Home Office is no longer allowed to sponsor students. This affects its current and prospective students.
If you have Tier 4 or Student immigration permission that is not about to expire, the Home Office can choose to allow your institution to continue teaching you for a certain period. The maximum period your institution may be able to teach you for is up to six months or to the end of the academic year, whichever is the longest. If the academic year ends on different dates for different students, the Home Office will consider each student's case on an individual basis. Whether or not your institution can continue to teach you (and for how long) depends on a number of factors, including the reasons for revocation of the sponsor licence. It is very important you seek advice from your institution to see how this applies to you.
If the Home Office believes that you were involved with any of the reasons that your institution lost its licence, for example you breached your conditions or knew that the institution was not a genuine education provider, it can end your immigration permission immediately and require you to leave the UK.
If you are not permitted to complete your studies but you were not involved with the reasons for revocation of the sponsor licence, or if you need to make an application under the Student route or are waiting for a decision on an application, see the following information.
You have more than 60 days of immigration permission leave left
You should contact your institution to enquire whether the Home Office allows them to sponsor you to continue studying for a limited period of six months, or until the end of your current academic year. If this is not permitted, the Home Office will write to you and curtail (shorten) your leave. Your permission to stay in the UK will be shortened to 60 days from the date on the letter from the Home Office. It is important that the Home Office has your current address in the UK: see our information on how to protect your Student status for information about reporting a change of address to the Home Office.
Within the 60 days, you must leave the UK or make a new application under the Student route to study at a new institution.
You have 60 days or fewer of immigration permission left
Your permission to stay in the UK will not be curtailed. You must leave the UK or make a new application under the Student route to study at a different institution, or make an application under a different immigration route, before your current leave expires.
An application under the Student route using a CAS from the institution whose licence has been revoked will be refused, even if the CAS was issued before the licence was revoked. Before your current leave expires, you must leave the UK or find a different institution to study at and make an application using a CAS issued by this new institution.
Your application will be refused because your CAS is no longer valid. However, the Home Office will delay the refusal of your application for 60 days so that, if you wish, you can obtain a CAS from a new sponsor and apply to vary your existing application. The Home Office will write to you with more information including the date by which you must provide them with a new CAS to vary the application.
If you take no action before the deadline, your application will be refused. You may prefer to withdraw the application and avoid the refusal, however, this could have consequences for your immigration status in the UK so you should seek advice from a student adviser at your institution or from a solicitor before you do this. Alternatively you can call our Advice Line to discuss your situation with one of our advisers.
