Submitted by DAVID DARKO on Sunday 11th January 2026
Published on Friday 13th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 13th August 2026
Current Signatures: 474
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Basics ~ Changing ~ childcare ~ Debt ~ delayed ~ Extreme ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ Falling ~ Families ~ Forced ~ Immigration ~ Irregular ~ migrants ~ Opportunity ~ paying ~ place ~ Poverty ~ Pressure ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ Scraps ~ Severe ~ status ~ Tax ~ Transport ~ Values ~ Visa
Scrap the Immigration Health Surcharge for those living & working in the UK
We believe the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is causing severe financial harm to migrants and their families. At present, the standard IHS fee is £1,035 per year. For a 10-year visa, this amounts to £10,350. We believe migrants working and paying taxes should be exempt from paying the IHS.
Many migrants struggle with high living expenses, including rent, transport, childcare etc. We feel IHS fees place them under extreme pressure, forcing some into debt, delaying renewals, or even falling into irregular status through no fault of their own.
Parents may be forced to choose between paying IHS fees and meeting basic household needs such as food. Changing this could strengthen social cohesion, reduce poverty, and uphold the UK’s values of fairness and opportunity for all.
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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