Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Allow all non-UK NHS workers to become UK citizens for free

Closed 268 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should enable immigrant NHS workers to live freely in UK without visa by allowing them to become UK citizens for free.
It costs over £2,000 for NHS workers to apply for ILR after spending 5 years in UK and then over £1,000 to apply for Naturalisation. This is too much for people who worked so hard during the pandemic. They should be honoured for their brave work.

Timeline

30 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Jun 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 268
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 30 Dec 2020
Closed 30 Jun 2021

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