Protect Existing Skilled Workers from Retrospective ILR Settlement Changes

Protect Existing Skilled Workers from Retrospective ILR Settlement Changes — 6 signatures. Status: rejected.

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Exclude existing Skilled Worker visa holders already living in the UK from the new settlement rules. Honour their original five-year ILR pathway and protect their dependant partners and children's futures.

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Families moved to the UK in good faith, leaving careers and homes behind, relying on the five-year ILR route. They work, pay NI, IHS and taxes. The proposed £50,271 threshold is unfair and ignores household income; extending settlement means extra fees and employer dependence. Children suffer too: they sense their parents’ fear and worry about losing homes, schools, friends and their future. Many cannot realistically return. Protect existing residents and children from retrospective changes.

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