Fair and Equal Access to ILR for All Legal Immigrants in the United Kingdom
We ask the Government to immediately confirm that the retention of the 5-year continuous residence requirement for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for all legal immigrants is a safeguard for the fundamental human right to a stable private and family life, as protected by Article 8 of the ECHR.
Signatures
21
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 21/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 21/100,000
- 22 DEC 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
We think these petitions are similar to yours: Keep the 5-year pathway for all legal immigrants to apply for ILR: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751293 Make a law to protect ILR from abolition and retrospective changes: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742864
- 22 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
Legal immigrants entered the UK under the explicit understanding that the 5-year route to settlement was the established pathway for permanent residence.
Legal immigrants should not face unequal treatment in access to settlement simply because they entered under different visa categories.
This is a moral contract that the Government must honour. Extending the ILR qualifying period to 10 years is a retrospective change that breaks this promise