Petition · past parliament

Revoke TIER 2 visa 12 month cooling off period

Closed 256 signatures

What the petition asks

Her Majesty government has put a 12 month cooling off period before one can apply for Tier 2 visa after 5 year expiry. This had lead to loosing out great talent from UK industry who has over 5 year local experience.
As we are near to Brexit and we will need more talented people to sustain our industrial growth in coming future. It is time to allow
TIER 2 visa to be renewed without any cooling off period.
ICT category should be allowed to switch to General visa.
Include ICT visa's in ILR pathways to retain a great talent on similar lines of Australia.
Increase TIER 2 visa minimum salary limits based on skills to stop exploitation of system to make it fair to local talent.

Timeline

15 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 256
Status Closed
Opened 15 Apr 2019
Closed 15 Oct 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.