Allow family visa holders to include time spent on a skilled worker visa for ILR

The Government plans to increase the qualifying residence period for indefinite leave to remain from 5 to 10 years for skilled worker visa holders. We believe skilled workers on 5-year visas should be able to include time spent on their current visa if they switch to a family visa & apply for ILR.

119 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Monday 8th December 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Monday 8th June 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 135

Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders - 240,558 signatures
2. Keep 5-year ILR for Health and Care visa holders to protect the NHS - 3,108 signatures
3. Keep 5 year route to ILR for Existing Ancestry Visa Holders - 2,098 signatures
4. Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing ECAA visa holders - 10,203 signatures
5. Create a Ukrainian ILR route & ensure time on Ukraine visa schemes count to ILR - 5,016 signatures

Skilled workers switching to family visas to re-enter a 5-year route to ILR cannot currently include the time they've already spent in the UK when applying for ILR.


Petition Signatures over time

Constituency Data

Reticulating Splines