Submitted on Tuesday 23rd December 2025
Rejected on Monday 2nd February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep the Five year-ILR Pathway for UK Ancestry Visa Holders & Their Dependants
The existing UK Ancestry visa route should be retained in its current form. This includes the eligibility of individuals with British-citizen grandparents to live and work in the United Kingdom for a five-year period, followed by eligibility to apply for ILR after completing those five years.
Preserving both the route itself and the five-year qualifying period for ILR is essential to provide certainty and fairness for applicants who make long-term personal, professional, and financial commitments based on this established policy. Any change to these arrangements would undermine confidence in the immigration system and risk disadvantaging individuals who have planned their futures in reliance on the current framework.
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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 this petition, which calls for similar action: "Keep 5 year route to ILR for Existing Ancestry Visa Holders" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/743327
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