This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Allow Russian spouses to apply for residency from within the UK.
The Home Office has strongly advised British nationals and their families to leave Russia.
However, Russian spouses must first apply for a family visa in Russia. They must give their passport to the UKVI, and then wait 6-8 months in Russia for a decision.
The rules are contrary to the advice.
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Without a passport, RU/UK families are unable to leave Russia.
Russian families of British citizens should be able to apply and wait for a Visa decision in the UK.
- Waive E-LTRP.2.1 of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules for Russian spouses.
- Re-enable the priority visa service in application centers in Russia.
- Re-enable the ability for Visa applicants to hold on to their passport after application, while they await a decision.
Current rules are dangerous, illogical, and inhumane.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: :
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624162
We could accept a petition requesting visa legislation be altered specifically for spouses and/or family members of UK nationals, if that's what you want to happen, but you'd need to be clear exactly who you wanted exemptions to be made for.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.