Keep the 5-Year ILR Route for All Existing Skilled Worker Visa Holders

Keep the 5-Year ILR Route for All Existing Skilled Worker Visa Holders — 6 signatures. Status: rejected.

Petition background

We call on the UK Government to protect the original five-year Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) pathway for everyone who already holds a Skilled Worker visa and began their journey to settlement under the previous rules.

Additional details

People accepted Skilled Worker visas under a five-year ILR pathway and made life decisions on that basis. They paid visa fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge, expecting to qualify after five years. Someone may have chosen a £42,000 Skilled Worker job over a £25,000 care role, believing the same five-year route applied. Changing the rules midway could mean waiting 10 years. We ask the Government to protect the five-year route for existing visa holders, whatever their salary or occupation.

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