Rejected petition No to 10,000

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About 10,000 foreign and Commonwealth men annually were using marriage as a means to live and work in the UK in 1979, when the newly-elected Conservative Government promised to end this concession.
It did not.
As a result, more than 300,000 men have taken advantage of this loophole.
It should, belatedly, be closed.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 17 August 2012
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