Ensure that immigrants on existing visas remain on the 5-year path to ILR.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK government plans to extend the wait time for eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) from 5 years to 10 years. Please ensure that immigrants on existing visas remain subject to the original 5-year path to ILR; the terms they accepted, when they paid their visa fees and NHS subcharge.

UK laws must not be retrospective. Immigrants on existing visas have paid substantial sums of money in visa application fees and NHS subcharges, as well as made significant life-changing decisions to migrate here, with the original 5-year path to ILR in mind. If the UK government fails to preserve these terms they agreed to, then this is a retrospective application of the law, which is unfair, exploitative and essentially a rug-pull and cash-grab of people in an already difficult situation.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders
Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders

Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal
Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal

Timeline

14 May 2025	Petition opened for signatures
23 May 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 May 2025

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