Rejected petition: Protect Existing Skilled Workers from Unfair Changes to the 5-Year ILR Route
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We ask the UK Government to protect existing Skilled Worker visa holders by allowing them to qualify for ILR under the original 5-year route rules. Introduce fair transitional arrangements so people who relied on these rules are not forced onto a 10-year settlement route.
Thousands of Skilled Worker visa holders came to the UK, built their careers, paid taxes and invested thousands of pounds in the expectation of qualifying for ILR after five years. Changing the settlement rules while people are already working towards this goal creates uncertainty and hardship. Many are only months away from eligibility. We ask the Government to protect existing visa holders and honour the original five-year route through fair transitional arrangements.
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 this petition, which calls for similar action: "Protect the five-year ILR route for existing Skilled Workers" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/785621
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