Rejected petition Keep the 5-Year ILR Route as a Legal Duty to Those Who Started It as Promised

We ask the Government to keep the current 5-year route to ILR for all Humanitarian Protection holders who have already started it, and to treat this route as a legal duty and a promise that must be honoured without retrospective changes. The route must stay stable to protect trust in the system.

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Because thousands of families have made life decisions and long-term plans based on the 5-year ILR route granted by the Home Office. Changing the rules after people have already started the process would be unfair and harmful. Families who followed the law should not be penalised. Stable immigration policy is essential for integration, wellbeing, and trust. Retrospective changes put vulnerable families at risk. Protecting the existing route is the fairest and most responsible approach.

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You may wish to sign the following petitions:

Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751443

Keep the 5-year pathway for all legal immigrants to apply for ILR
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751293

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Date submitted 24 November 2025
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