Petition · past parliament

Extend & Implement 2 years of PSW visa for tier-4 students graduating in 2020.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Instead of introducing the 2 years post study work (PSW) visa for students in 2021, implement it for current students (2019-20) too.
The PSW should be automatically issued to all students who are graduating in 2020, as they are also unintentional victims of COVID-19.
There has been no provision or instructions to institutions about international students about PSW.
The current students should be equally eligible for work opportunities after the COVID-19 crisis is over.
The spread pandemic of has stopped recruitment process & current students should be provided with extended time of minimum 2 years to cope up with the current scenario.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19: Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19

Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students: Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students.

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

11 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
27 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 May 2020

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