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After job loss on an employer-linked permission, establish the real employment end date, read your actual conditions and seek prompt route-specific guidance. Separate the right to remain, the right to begin another job and any family consequences. Do not invent a grace period from another worker’s experience or an old article.
Changing employer can require a separate application
The UK’s Skilled Worker guidance says a change to a different employer requires an application to update the visa and that the new job must meet the route’s requirements. It says not to start the new job before confirmation of new permission. Those UK change-of-employment instructions do not determine a job-loss outcome in another country. UK Government: Update a Skilled Worker visa after changing job or employer.
Build an urgent questions sheet
Put the employment documents beside the immigration decision, without treating notice pay or a final payslip as the immigration authority’s decision. Ask the responsible authority or a qualified adviser about any actual reporting and timing requirements. Where several people depend on the principal status, include their records separately.
| Issue | Facts to gather | Question to resolve |
|---|---|---|
| Employment end | Written notice, duties and actual dates | Which employment and status events differ? |
| Stay | Permission category and expiry | What current instructions apply after job loss? |
| New work | Proposed employer and role | Is a change or new application needed? |
| Household | Each dependent's own status | What separate action may be required? |
A quick offer is not the complete answer
Illustrative situation: a new employer offers an immediate start after a sponsored role ends. Keep the offer, but do not let urgency erase the permission question. Ask about the exact new duties and employment entity through the official route. Keep employment advice, immigration advice and household budgeting in separate parts of the same plan.
Record advice and next steps
Ask for the source of any stated deadline and retain official correspondence. If money is tight, prepare a budget using confirmed funds rather than an assumed benefit or immediate new salary. This article organises the first conversation; it does not decide lawful stay, eligibility for a new permit or the existence of a grace period.
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