Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Extend Skilled Worker visas to non-managerial hospitality workers
Closed
295 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should make skilled non-managerial hospitality workers, such as highly trained sommeliers, cocktail bartenders, Maitre'Ds, eligible for the Skilled Worker visa list to meet pressing labour shortages within the industry.
Roles such as Sommeliers, Cocktail Bartenders and Maitre'Ds are careers that take years to develop skill and knowledge in. They are non-managerial, highly skilled positions where the UK faces severe shortages Brexit and the pandemic. Many of these skilled workers came from the EU and have left Britain due to hospitality closures and industry uncertainty. Our industry is recovering, but many are operationally unable to open due to UK wide skilled labour shortages.
Timeline
| 24 Jan 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Jul 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
295
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
24 Jan 2022
Closed
24 Jul 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.