Rejected petition Keep it fair: no retroactive settlement rules for Skilled Workers.

Ensure Skilled Worker visa holders already in the UK can complete their promised 5-year ILR pathway under the current rules, with no retroactive extensions or recalculations to their qualifying period when new settlement rules take effect.

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Applying new 10–15 year settlement rules to people already part-way through the 5-year Skilled Worker pathway is unfair and destabilising. Migrants relied on clear Home Office rules when planning their lives and families. Changing requirements mid-route undermines trust, creates hardship and harms the UK’s reputation. Transitional protection is essential for fairness and legal certainty.

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Make a law to protect ILR from abolition and retrospective changes
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742864

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Date submitted 21 November 2025
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