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. Remove Restrictions Limiting Care Workers to One Employer or Role

Submitted on Sunday 23rd November 2025

Rejected on Monday 5th January 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

. Remove Restrictions Limiting Care Workers to One Employer or Role

Petition Details

Many care workers in the UK are highly qualified professionals, including university graduates, who are eager to integrate and contribute economically. We ask the Government to:
• Allow care workers to take up roles across the health and social care sector.
• Lift restrictions to one employer

Additional Information

Many care workers in the UK speak English at C1 level and are highly educated, yet they are trapped by care-visa restrictions that tie them to one employer and limit their chances of growth. These workers are capable of contributing far more to the economy, but current rules prevent them from using their full skills or progressing professionally. Many are graduates, including UK master’s holders. Lifting these restrictions would reduce shortages and allow them to reach their potentiall


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This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petitions which call for similar actions:

Allow care worker visa holders to change employer
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739833

Scrap sponsorship requirements for overseas healthcare workers to switch jobs
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/728943

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