Rejected petition: Protect Care Worker's Settlement Rights - Keep or Reduce the 5-Year Route to ILR
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Ensure care workers remain eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain after 5 years and are not included in any proposals to extend settlement to 10 years. Consider introducing a shorter settlement pathway in recognition of their vital role in UK social care.
Care workers are essential to the UK’s adult social care system but are among the lowest-paid workers in healthcare. The sector already faces severe staff shortages and relies heavily on international workers. Extending the route to settlement beyond 5 years would create more financial and emotional pressure and may worsen recruitment and retention in the care sector.
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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Allow care workers to access 5-year ILR route like other health and care workers
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754848Maintain the current 5-year route to (ILR) for Senior Carers & Care Assistants
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/752023Keep 5-year ILR for Health and Care visa holders to protect the NHS
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/745684We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.