Submitted on Friday 24th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 27th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
COVID-19: Post-Study work visa changes to be extended to current students
Extend the 2-year post-study work visa for international students to include 2019-2020 intake because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has tremendously effected the efforts for international students to secure jobs in the UK as most companies in the UK have now suspended or cancelled hiring.
A recent example of what a government can do to support its current students is that of Canada. They have introduced a number of supportive measures to assist students through this difficult time. We are not asking the UK government to do the same but rather amend the proposals that are already underway to reduce the pressure that some graduates may now be facing. Our chances of securing a job have greatly decreased as a result of COVID-19 and feel that these changes would allow us to do so.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314710
Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304442
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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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