To extend the Post study work visa (PSW) for the current Students to 2 years.

We request the UK hover to provide the benefit of 2 year post study work visa to all the INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN UK.

This petition was rejected on 27th May 2020 as it duplicates an existing petition

The Petition Committee commented:
You may wish to sign some of these petitions: Extend proposed Graduate visa route to 2019-20 batch of students due to COVID19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314710 Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304442 You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/ You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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Post study work visa of 2 years have been provided to international students coming to UK from year 2021. However, there are thousands of international students currently studying in UK and gaining valuable skills. Since the current students do not have post study work visa of 2 years and get a sponsorship from the employer, it would be difficult for the current students to get a job, also taking into account the crisis the employers are going through because of the pandemic.