Thanks for your swift response CR001,

would you please be able to help me understand what are the conditions under which the cooling off period is not applied and Tier-2 general VISA could be issued within 12 months?

Hi, I had resign from my job in the UK and came back to India on December 2019. I was there on tier 2 general visa that was valid till 2021. Now after 4-5 months I am considering to rejoin the same firm on same job. My employer has checked the visa status it says "sponsor has stopped sponsoring ...