Submitted on Wednesday 14th May 2025
Rejected on Friday 23rd May 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Do not increase ILR waiting time or tighten rules for legal skilled migrants
We call on the UK Government to:
1. Abandon the proposed increase in the ILR qualifying period.
2. Protect the rights of current legal migrants under the existing Skilled Worker and Global Talent routes.
3. Shift focus from restricting legal migration to effectively tackling illegal immigration.
The May 2025 white paper proposes doubling the ILR wait to 10 years and tightening rules for Skilled Worker and Talent visa holders.
This unfairly affects skilled migrants contributing to UK sectors like healthcare, science, tech, and culture, while paying taxes and integrating into society.
Changing rules retroactively damages trust, deters global talent, and contradicts Keir Starmer’s prior support for fair migration. The paper offers little to address illegal migration or improve enforcement.
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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.
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You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727360
Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727372
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