Petition · past parliament
Provide post-study work visas to international graduates of 2020 due to COVID-19
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
International graduates of this year should also be included in the government’s policy to grant two-year post-study work visas. Finding a job within the current 4-months’ allowance is extremely difficult with COVID-19 severely affecting the economy and the time required for its recovery is unknown.
All students come to universities with dreams to become professionals in various fields. School fees is expensive and is even more expensive for foreign students, paying around double to get the same education. However, foreign students are regarded merely as a source of income whose value expires as their visa expires. We are in desperate need to be given an equal opportunity to continue pursuing career paths after graduation. COVID-19 and its impact on the economy is a real threat to thousands of graduates this year and international students, among them, should not be unfairly penalized in this unprecedented event. Please allow international graduates more time to look for a job after graduation in 2020.
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.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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/
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.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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
| 15 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.