Petition Reduce the 10 years Ban for anyone who has at any stage been illegal in the UK.

A new law that deprives qualified settled residents in the UK of becoming British Citizens was enacted in 2014, which has affected a lot of people and has hindered some people from taking up their dream profession which requires you to hold a British passport. There is currently a 10 years ban

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This is a plea to the home office to either reduce the length of ban or allow settled residents who have held their permanent residence for over 12 months naturalize .

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

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 3 May 2017
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