Protect Existing Skilled Workers: Honour the Original 5-Year ILR Route

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

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We demand that existing Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants be protected from retrospective 10-year ILR rules. Honour the original 5-year settlement promise and guarantee transitional protection for everyone already living and working in the UK under this route.

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We strongly urge the UK Government to honour its original five-year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants. We came legally, obeyed immigration laws, paid taxes and National Insurance, and built our families’ futures in Britain based on this commitment. Extending the route to 10 years retrospectively is deeply unfair and undermines trust. Protect existing migrants. Apply new rules only to future applicants and guarantee fair transitional arrangements.

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