Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Add Overseas Professional Carers to Exemption List for Travel

Closed 816 signatures

What the petition asks

To have Professional Carers from Overseas to be added to the Exemption List for Travel. Health Care Professionals are on the list, and as Professional Carers we have to be registered with the appropriate bodies and Company registered with the Care Commission.
Overseas Carers travel up to twice a month to and from countries overseas. We are tested weekly in work and also have to pay for PCR tests to travel home and back to work again then quarantine for ten days on arrival to the UK.
Bringing in the supervised hotel quarantine will leave vulnerable, elderly clients without their normal Carer and it will add unnecessary stress to the client, carer and the Company.

Timeline

12 Feb 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Aug 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 816
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 12 Feb 2021
Closed 12 Aug 2021

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