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Petition Give Commonwealth members of British Armed Services right to remain indefinitely

Many Commonwealth ex-service personal are struggling with the process to gain the right to stay in the UK and are suffering hardship as a result.

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We ask that the Government automatically granted an indefinite right to remain when Commonwealth personnel leave the Armed Forces.

The Guardian covered the story of one such veteran who has been caught in Fiji after attending his daughter's wedding, unable to return to his wife and family: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/10/i-feel-betrayed-the-british-army-veteran-stuck-in-fiji-because-of-immigration-rules

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Immigration requirements for non-UK armed forces personnel to be debated by MPs

MPs will hold a debate on immigration requirements for non-UK armed forces personnel on Wednesday 5 January in Westminster Hall. The debate will be led by Dan Jarvis MP.

The debate will start at 1.30pm and last for up to an hour and a half.

Watch the debate here on Wednesday: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/82bbb5d8-1e4e-4835-aaf7-937ccdc63826

You'll be able to read a transcript of the debate a few hours after it happens: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-05

This will be a general debate. General debates allow MPs to debate important issues, however they do not end in a vote nor can they change the law.

Find out more about how Parliamentary debates work:
https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/

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