Petition · past parliament

Amnesty for illegal immigrants who have been in the UK for more than 7 years.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

This petition calls for illegal immigrants who have been in UK for 7 years or more to be given amnesty and the legal right to stay in the UK. The Government could provide a 2.5 year visa. The illegal Immigrants would still have to pay the fee or apply for a fee waiver.
The amnesty will help the stop of the spread of COVID19. Many illegal immigrants are not taking medical advice because of not having any status. It is the right time to bring an amnesty, help the immigrants and at the same time save lives.

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:

Amnesty for UK undocumented immigrants in this COVID-19 World pandemic: Amnesty for UK undocumented immigrants in this COVID-19 World pandemic

Create an earned amnesty route for migrants without leave to remain: Create an earned amnesty route for migrants without leave to remain

Stop All UK Deportation Activity during this Corona Virus Pandemic: Stop All UK Deportation Activity during this Corona Virus Pandemic

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

22 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 May 2020

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