Petition Retain passport/take fingerprints at point of entry to aid later identification.

Many foreigners making Visa entry to the UK to study, or for holidays, later break their Visa conditions, overstay and take work illegally. If their Passports were retained, and they were given an authorised copy, to use whilst here, they could be easily identified via fingerprints and deported.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

33 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 33 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 26 November 2016
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