Rejected petition: Protect Existing Migrants from the New Earned Settlement 10-Year ILR Proposal
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We urge the Government to introduce legally binding transitional arrangements under the Earned Settlement reforms to protect existing legal migrants. The five-year ILR pathway must be preserved for those already on that route. New settlement requirements should apply only to future arrivals.
Thousands of migrants legally entered the UK relying on the existing five-year ILR pathway. They have worked, paid taxes, contributed to society and built their futures here. Applying the proposed Earned Settlement reforms to them would be unfair and undermine trust in the immigration system. We urge the Government to introduce clear, legally binding transitional protections, allowing everyone already on the five-year settlement route to complete it under the rules they originally relied upon.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: "Legislate to protect ILR applicants from retrospective changes" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775267
You may also be interested in this petition: "Protect the five-year ILR route for existing Skilled Workers" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/785621
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