Can a company apply for multiple routes under a sponsor licence (in particular Skilled Worker and GBM: Expansion worker) at the same time?

A Sponsor can apply for different tiers of licence at the same time, however the specific example given in this Q&A would be inadvisable, since the success of one would inevitably mean the other were not successful.

When applying for a Skilled Worker licence (A Worker route) the requirements include that the business is operating or trading lawfully in the UK. There has been a strong recent push by the Home Office to refuse Sponsor Licence applications under the Skilled Worker route where a company is not yet generating revenue, known as ‘pre-revenue’. While there may be circumstances where a licence can be granted to a pre-revenue business, it is now very much the norm that such applications would be refused.

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