Petition · past parliament

Grant international students class of 2020 a Tier 4 visa extension

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic an overwhelming number of jobs have been eliminated, which means that international students of the class of 2020 have not been able to benefit at all from the additional four/six months on their post-study work visa.
It is requested that they be given a reasonable extension on their Tier 4 student visa so that in the coming year when hopefully more job opportunities will come into existence they are able to look for work, seeing as it is of little use looking for jobs at a time when more and more jobs are being scraped. At the same time as students are staying on looking for work their stay and travel within the UK will contribute to the economy.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

13 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
18 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Dec 2020

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