Here is Home Office 60-day decision letter sending a family back to Kerala after sponsor lost licence

By A Staff Reporter

LONDON May 7: The Home Office has to issue a 60-day letter to any migrant whose sponsor has lost their licence. If the migrant’s sponsor lost their licence and has not found another sponsor then this person has to abide by he Home Office’s 60-day decision letter. Here we publish a copy of the 60 day decision letter issued to a Kerala family. The details of this decision letter has been removed to keep confidentiality. However, it will serve as an awareness to those who are here in the UK and also to those who are looking to come to the UK. Please do share this with those in the UK and in Kerala.

The 60-day letter was issued to the migrant by the Home Office on 4th March 2024. The letter says that he and his family has until 03 May 2024 to leave the UK or make another application on other grounds. The family left before 3rd May 2024.

Please see below the copy of the letter.

You were granted entry clearance as a Skilled Worker under Tier 2 of the Immigration Rules. Your entry clearance has been cancelled because your sponsor does not have a sponsor licence. We were notified that the Sponsor licence was revoked on 03 November 2023.

As children will be affected by this decision, I have taken into account how this decision may have an impact on the children’s best interests. The following factors have been taken into account. You are a family of 4 including Nirosha Nair, Suresh Nair, Swathy Suresh (18 years old) and Keerthy Suresh (10 years old).

Longwood Healthcare is no longer sponsoring you as a Tier 2 Skilled Worker and your entry clearance has been cancelled. The possible effect of this cancellation decision has been considered.

You, your partner, and your children would return to India as a family unit and continue to enjoy your family life together. Whilst this may involve a degree of disruption to family life, this is considered to be proportionate to the legitimate aim of maintaining effective immigration control and is in accordance with our section 55 duties.

Taking these factors into account as well as the public interest in maintaining effective immigration control the cancellation of your permission and the possibility of you having to leave the UK is appropriate because of the need to maintain the integrity of immigration laws which outweighs the possible effect on you that might result from you having to re-establish family life outside the UK.

Our aim is always to carry out enforcement of the Immigration Rules with the minimum possible interference with a family’s private life, and in particular to enable a family to maintain continuity of care and development of the children in ways that are compatible with immigration laws. It is generally accepted that the best interests of a child are served by remaining with their parent or parents. This represents the centrality of a child’s relationship with their parent in determining their wellbeing.

I have therefore decided to cancel your entry clearance.

Your entry clearance is cancelled from 03 May 2024 under Part 9.28.1(a) of the Immigration Rules.

Next steps
You must now do one of the following before your permission ends:
• tell us any other reasons you think you should be allowed to remain in the UK by making a new application to stay in the UK
• seek help and advice on returning home
• leave the UK

Biometric residence permit (BRP)
If you have a BRP you must return it to the Home Office when your permission ends as it will no longer be valid. Cut the card in half and post it in a plain, windowless envelope to: BRP Returns, P.O. Box 195, Bristol, BS20 1BT. A financial penalty of up to £1,000 can be imposed if you fail to return your invalid BRP.
If you think there are other reasons why you should be allowed to stay in the UK
If you think you have a reason to stay in the UK that you have not yet told us, you must tell us now. If you do not tell us as soon as you can of any reasons why you should be allowed to stay, and you apply later you may lose any right of appeal against a refusal of that application.
If you want to seek legal advice you must do so now.

Help and advice on returning home
The Voluntary Returns Service (VRS) can be contacted for help and advice on returning home. The VRS can discuss the status of your case and the next steps in your departure from the UK.
The VRS can provide practical support – from providing access to a passport or emergency travel document, purchasing your flight ticket or help to arrange a complex return with reintegration support for those who are eligible. Please contact the VRS team to obtain practical support regarding your return.

Contact the Voluntary Returns Service
Online: www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily/
Telephone: 0300 004 0202 (Monday – Friday between 09.00 and 17.00)

Removal from the UK
You have the option to leave the UK voluntarily. However, should you be removed, it will be to India (Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Calicut, Chennai/Madras, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata/Calcutta, Lucknow, Mumbai, Trivandrum).
We may need to remove you through a transit point in an EU/EEA member state or through Qatar (Doha), Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Oman (Muscat), Bahrain (Manama).
If you have any concerns about the destination or transit points that you haven’t already told us about, you must do so now.
You will be given further notice of when you will be removed.

Consequences of staying in the UK unlawfully
If you stay in the UK without permission to do so:
• you can be detained
• you can be prosecuted, fined and imprisoned
• you can be removed and banned from returning to the UK
• you will not be allowed to work
• if you do work illegally, your earnings may be seized, and assets confiscated
• you will not be able to rent a home
• you may not be able to claim any benefits and you may be prosecuted if you try to
• you can be charged by the NHS for medical treatment and if you fail to pay, this may prevent you from remaining in or re-entering the UK
• you can be denied access to a bank account
• your existing bank account may be closed or frozen and any balance withheld unless you leave
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency can prevent you from driving by taking away your UK driving licence

Click to Read Full Information on Cancellation and curtailment of permission from Home Office