Rejected petition Protect Migrants on the 5-Year ILR Route from Retrospective Rule Changes

We urge the UK Government to ensure that any changes extending the ILR route from 5 years to 10 years are not applied retrospectively. Migrants already residing in the UK based on the existing 5-year ILR route must be allowed to complete their settlement under the original rules they started with.

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Extending the ILR route from 5 to 10 years would unfairly affect migrants already living in the UK under the current rules. Many have built their lives here based on the 5-year pathway. Applying changes retrospectively would cause disruption and hardship. We ask the Government to apply any new rules only to future applicants, not to those already on the existing route.

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

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Date submitted 15 May 2025
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