Submitted by James Stephen Doran on Wednesday 8th November 2023
Published on Monday 20th November 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Monday 20th May 2024
Current Signatures: 18
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Provide Graduate Visa Extensions for Self-Employed Individuals
We would like to see an option for visa extension off the back of the Graduate Visa to allow self-employed people the right to stay and work. The Visa could be extended on an annual basis based on certain criteria, such as NI paid, or a tax threshold.
The reason behind creating this petition is individuals who do not qualify for the "Skilled Worker visa" due to taking the risk of being self-employed and finding themselves having to leave the country 2 years after graduating. Such people can have a high potential for the economy based on their education and their businesses may grow and provide further jobs for the economy. Currently after 2 years, these people have to leave the UK and build these businesses elsewhere.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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