Submitted by Vicky Bowman on Wednesday 4th March 2026
Published on Wednesday 8th April 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 8th October 2026
Current Signatures: 1,608
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
Benefits ~ Brake ~ Citizens ~ Civil ~ Civil War ~ country ~ Cruel ~ delayed ~ Education ~ Frontline ~ Lack ~ Migration ~ Migration figures ~ Myanmar ~ Net migration ~ Opportunity ~ Return ~ Reverse ~ risk ~ Studies ~ study visas ~ Visa ~ War ~ Young people
Reverse the visa brake on Study Visas for citizens from Myanmar
Allow Myanmar people who meet the visa requirements for studying in the UK to be able to come and benefit from a UK education and contribute to the UK and Myanmar now and in the future.
Young people in Myanmar risk being sent to the front line in the ongoing civil war. Many lack meaningful education opportunities in their country, but are keen to return as soon as it is safe to do so. A blanket ban on Study Visas for Myanmar people will hit those of all ages who value and are willing to pay for an education in the UK regardless of whether they may want to delay their return. We think it is cruel, performative & will barely dent net migration figures, given the tiny numbers involved.
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.
216.73.217.179 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:50:37 +0100
