Protect the 5-Year ILR Route for Existing Skilled Workers

Protect the 5-Year ILR Route for Existing Skilled Workers — 7 signatures. Status: rejected.

Petition background

We ask the UK Government to protect the five-year Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) route for people who were already on Skilled Worker visas before the settlement reforms. Any increase in the qualifying period should not apply to people who have already started their five-year journey.

Additional details

We came to the UK legally, followed the rules, studied, worked and paid taxes. Many switched to Skilled Worker visas expecting a five-year route to settlement. Changing the rules halfway through our journey is unfair. We ask the Government to protect those already on this route.

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