Rejected petition Change the Rules to allow people from outside the UK to sign petitions

On many petitions, people from outside the UK want to sign our petitions before finding out they can’t.

We understand that this is for UK Government and Parliament but we think it’s only fair that everyone can support petitions.

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There are many petitions that people from outside the UK supports, why should they not be able to sign petitions that they agree with?

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.

Currently anyone who is a UK resident or British citizen can sign a petition. British citizens can sign petitions even if they are living outside of the UK.

If what you want is for anyone to be able to sign petitions started on our website, irrespective of their nationality or where they reside, we could accept a petition requesting that.

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

Date submitted 10 January 2022
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The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.