Have your say on government e-petitions

Allow Russian citizens to apply for UK work visas outside a country of residence

Submitted by Gregory Burns on Friday 30th September 2022

Published on Tuesday 4th October 2022

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 4th April 2023

Signatures: 248

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Accept ~ Access ~ Bright ~ British ~ Citizens ~ country ~ Economy ~ From Russia ~ Home Office ~ Immigration ~ Officers ~ Relax ~ Russia ~ Russian ~ Scientists ~ talented ~ Temporary ~ The British ~ Visa ~ War ~ work

Petition Action

Allow Russian citizens to apply for UK work visas outside a country of residence

Petition Details

We ask Home Office to temporarily relax restrictions on out-of-country applications for entry clearances for all work and family purposes to allow Russian nationals to apply to come to work and live in the UK from other countries. Currently, they can only apply from Russia or a country of residency.

Additional Information

Russian nationals are fleeing the country, they don't want to be involved in the ongoing war. We believe none of them would consider it acceptable to become complicit in the atrocities which continue to emerge. Many of them are professionals, scientists and bright talents who are eligible to come to the UK under the Skilled Worker visa and other immigration routes. The British economy would benefit from access to this plentiful pool of talent, so Home Office needs to allow them to apply from a temporary sanctuary country.


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

18.217.8.82 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:42:04 +0100