Closed petition Make foreign NHS nurses and their family eligible for citizenship after 5 years

We want foreign NHS nurses, and their immediate family (spouse and children), to be eligible for British citizenship after the nurse has been working in the NHS for five years. They should not have to apply for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) first, or wait another year to apply for citizenship.

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As a foreign nurse wanting to stay in the UK after 5 years of service, including working through the pandemic, my family and I must pay £2,404 per person for indefinite leave to remain, or leave the country. We would then have to wait a further 12 months before being able to apply for citizenship, at a further cost.

Make it easier for foreign nurses and their immediate family to get UK citizenship please, or risk more nurses leaving the NHS. Ideally citizenship should be given for free but paying for that is so much more affordable than having to pay for ILR first then again for citizenship.

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Date closed 28 October 2023
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