Submitted on Thursday 20th November 2025
Rejected on Friday 19th December 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect Skilled Workers: Allow ILR After 5 Years With a “No-Benefits” Rule
We respectfully request that the UK Government avoid retrospective changes to immigration policy and maintain the existing 5-year ILR pathway for current Skilled Worker visa holders creating a “No-Benefits, No Public funds” Rule to prevent the misue of access to public benefits.
We acknowledge the Government’s concern about the misue of access to public benefits. A fair transitional approach would be to allow Skilled Worker migrants already in the UK to complete ILR after five years under a condition that they do not access public funds. The proposal to extend the ILR qualifying period by another decade creates uncertainty, disrupts family life, exposes Skilled Workers to greater risk of exploitation, and causes significant emotional, financial, and practical hardship.
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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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This is substantively a duplicate of a petition we already have open, which you may wish to sign:
Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/746363
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