Petition · past parliament
Backdate settled status from beginning of application
Closed
40 signatures
What the petition asks
If someone applies for settled status & after a long delay receives it, make it valid - at least for the purpose of applying for citizenship - from the date it was submitted, not when granted. This way the one year wait needed to apply for citizenship is not affected by the slow approval process.
To make the process fair: then it is not dependant of the time it took to process the application which is understandably slow do to their sheer number, the pandemic, or whatever else. All who applied will be eligible to apply for citizenship.
Timeline
| 28 Mar 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Oct 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
40
Status
Closed
Opened
28 Mar 2022
Closed
12 Oct 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.