Give all commonwealth veterans indefinite leave to remain in the UK

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

At present Armed Forces Commonwealth Veterans have to apply and pay for British Citizenship when leaving service, I believe that after a qualifying period that ALL Commonwealth Service personnel and their immediate families should receive automatic citizenship without the need to apply.

It should be a natural, given right that service personnel from the commonwealth are given the freedoms of the country that they have served. Our government actively recruited them and many have served with distinction. Yet they are treated as illegal immigrants when it comes to nhs care and other support. It is only right and decent that the government uphold the Armed Forces Covenant and grant commonwealth Veterans indefinite leave to remain at the very least once they have been discharged

Why it was rejected

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

Give Commonwealth members of British Armed Services right to remain indefinitely

Timeline

25 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Jul 2020

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