Submitted on Sunday 23rd November 2025
Rejected on Monday 5th January 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep ILR at 5 years and do not apply any retrospective immigration changes.
The Government should keep the current 5-year qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain and ensure that no new rules are applied retrospectively to people already on a valid route to settlement. Any changes should apply only to new applicants.
Retrospective immigration changes would unfairly disrupt the lives of individuals who have planned their future around the existing 5-year ILR route. People already living, working and contributing to the UK should not have the terms of their settlement route changed suddenly. Stability and fairness require that new rules only affect future applicants.
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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:
Keep the 5-year pathway for all legal immigrants to apply for ILR
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751293
Make a law to protect ILR from abolition and retrospective changes
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742864
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