Rejected petition Ensure that immigrants on existing visas remain on the 5-year path to ILR.

The UK government plans to extend the wait time for eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) from 5 years to 10 years. Please ensure that immigrants on existing visas remain subject to the original 5-year path to ILR; the terms they accepted, when they paid their visa fees and NHS subcharge.

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UK laws must not be retrospective. Immigrants on existing visas have paid substantial sums of money in visa application fees and NHS subcharges, as well as made significant life-changing decisions to migrate here, with the original 5-year path to ILR in mind. If the UK government fails to preserve these terms they agreed to, then this is a retrospective application of the law, which is unfair, exploitative and essentially a rug-pull and cash-grab of people in an already difficult situation.

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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727360

Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727372

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Date submitted 14 May 2025
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