Petition · past parliament
Extend post-study work visa for 2019/20 international Master’s students
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Please bring forward by one year the policy of a 2-year entitlement to work, in respect of 2019/20 Master’s students. Taking a 1-year course, they have been deprived of the major part of the anticipated international and practical experience due to industrial action and the Covid-19 pandemic.
These students have lost out on developing debating skills and network building with 6 weeks of strikes and the digital environment in lockdown being disrupted and absent of the essential interaction and frank discussion which can only take place in the physical environment.
The significant effects have encompassed cancellation of dissertation work placements, field trips, student conferences, guest speaker talks and cross-departmental presentation – severely curtailing the experience gained.
The significant effects have encompassed cancellation of dissertation work placements, field trips, student conferences, guest speaker talks and cross-departmental presentation – severely curtailing the experience gained.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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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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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
| 26 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.