Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Extend new Graduate Route to 2020 and pre-July 2021 graduates
Closed
35 signatures
What the petition asks
Little is done to ensure wellbeing of international students during study, and even less so for after graduation.
Pause or Pay UK requests the UK Government extend the new Graduate Immigration Route to AY 2019/20 graduates, including those who graduate pre-summer 2021, as a humanitarian gesture.
Pause or Pay UK requests the UK Government extend the new Graduate Immigration Route to AY 2019/20 graduates, including those who graduate pre-summer 2021, as a humanitarian gesture.
International students continue to face extreme academic disruption and financial hardship throughout the pandemic, with little done to ensure their wellbeing after graduation. Graduates face extremely unstable career prospects, with job offers lost, in addition to the impacts to their mental, financial and emotional wellbeing. An extension, including retrospectively, would be welcome to ameliorate the situation so as to give international graduates more choices during this global health crisis.
Timeline
| 16 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
35
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
16 Mar 2021
Closed
16 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.