Keep it fair: no retroactive settlement rules for Skilled Workers.

Ensure Skilled Worker visa holders already in the UK can complete their promised 5-year ILR pathway under the current rules, with no retroactive extensions or recalculations to their qualifying period when new settlement rules take effect.

This petition was rejected on 19th Dec 2025 as it duplicates an existing petition

The Petition Committee commented:
Your petition is in essence a duplicate of this petition, which you may wish to sign instead: Make a law to protect ILR from abolition and retrospective changes https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742864

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Official Petition Site

Applying new 10–15 year settlement rules to people already part-way through the 5-year Skilled Worker pathway is unfair and destabilising. Migrants relied on clear Home Office rules when planning their lives and families. Changing requirements mid-route undermines trust, creates hardship and harms the UK’s reputation. Transitional protection is essential for fairness and legal certainty.