{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/241114.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":241114,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Fast-track UK citizenship for the husbands and wives of British Citizens","background":"The rules against allowing a British citizen's spouse to live in the UK are onerous. Each couple pays huge fees, again and again. British children suffer.\r\n\r\nStop treating our own loved ones as 'temporary migrants'. Provide a fast and affordable route to citizenship for spouses of British citizens.","additional_details":"\"When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change\" - David Cameron, 2014\r\n\r\n\"Up to 15,000 British children are growing up in ‘Skype’ families\" - Children's Commissioner report, 2015: http://bit.ly/skypefamilies\r\n\r\n\"Please, Theresa May, relax the rules for spouse visas - and stop tearing loving families apart\" - Telegraph, 2016: http://bit.ly/pleasetheresamay\r\n\r\n\"[My husband] is my rock. It’s hugely important to have somebody there who is supportive of you\" - Theresa May, 2018","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":15,"created_at":"2019-02-10T11:45:55.173Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:45:17.871Z","rejected_at":"2019-02-20T16:31:21.258Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-02-10T12:43:14.695Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/237138"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}