Submitted by Rishi Prem on Monday 27th October 2025
Published on Monday 1st December 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Monday 1st June 2026
Current Signatures: 56
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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12 hours ~ 24 hours ~ care staff ~ Change ~ Fairer ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ International students ~ Internationals ~ NHS ~ Opportunity ~ part ~ Raise ~ Rule ~ shift ~ Social care ~ Staff ~ Visa ~ Weekly ~ weeks ~ work ~ worker visas
Allow 24 work hours for student & skilled worker visa holders outside main job
We call on the UK Government to increase the weekly working hour limit for:
Skilled Worker (Health and Care) visa holders from 20 hours to 24 hours per week outside main job, and international students from 20 hours to 24 hours per week.
Most health care shifts are 12 hours long and workers can only complete one full shift and part of another under the current rule. Raising the limit to 24 hours would allow two full shifts per week, helping to fill NHS and care staff shortages and improve service continuity while offering fairer income opportunities.
This small change could strengthen the health and social care workforce and support the UK’s ongoing healthcare needs.
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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