Protect Existing Skilled Worker Visa Holders from the 10-Year Settlement Rule

Protect Existing Skilled Worker Visa Holders from the 10-Year Settlement Rule — 9 signatures. Status: rejected.

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We ask the Government to protect all existing Skilled Worker visa holders from the proposed 10-year settlement qualifying period and allow them to continue towards settlement under the previous five-year rules, with fair transitional arrangements regardless of occupation, salary or sector.

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We ask the Government to protect existing Skilled Worker visa holders from the proposed 10-year settlement rule. People who entered the UK under the previous five-year pathway made significant financial, professional and family commitments based on those rules. We call for fair transitional arrangements allowing existing visa holders to continue towards ILR under the previous five-year requirements, regardless of occupation, salary or sector.

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