Keep the existing 5-year ILR route for current Skilled Worker and Ancestry visas
Don’t apply the new 10-year ILR rule to existing Skilled Worker/Ancestry visa holders. We came in good faith, filled vital roles, paid taxes, and built lives here based on a 5-year pathway. Keep your promise —apply changes only to new applicants, not those already settled in the UK.
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 11/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 11/100,000
- 30 DEC 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
We cannot accept this petition as there are already petitions open calling for similar action. You may wish to sign these open petitions instead: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/743327 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751505
- 21 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
Thousands of skilled migrants came to the UK in good faith, many from former colonies —working in vital sectors, paying taxes, and building lives on the clear promise of ILR after 5 years. Changing the rules now shatters trust, disrupts families and children, and risks pushing long-term residents out of communities they support. Those who followed every rule shouldn’t be punished by shifting goalposts, and such changes will harm the UK’s reputation and ability to attract future talent.