EmailTemplate-tosend toMP's-concern at the proposals for ILR

[abbi123]

i All,

It is a great idea to raise our voice with our area MP's about this, the more we do that, the more will be the strength in our argument against a retrospective change in settlement rules.

All of us may use the following template with any changes as necessary,

This template has done by one of our user(rkrohela) ...a big thank you rkrohela
, but i am starting a new topic so we dosen't need to scroll to 7 pages to find this template
please friends fwd to as many friends as you can requesting to fwd to their MP's.................

be united to raise your voice GUYS
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Dear <MP>,

I am writing to you to express my anxiety and concern at the proposals for changing the settlement rules for Indefinite Leave to Remain for existing Tier 1 Highly Skilled Migrant Visa holders who apply for it after April 2011. This excerpt from the Statement of Intent which has been published on the UKBA website is quite alarming:

"We will consult later in the year on further settlement reforms. However, those making applications for leave to enter or who are already in the UK and apply to switch into an alternative route on or after 6 April 2011 should be aware that the opportunity to apply for settlement and the requirements for applicants may change. Applicants will need to meet the rules in place at the time of their application for settlement."



As you may already be aware, Tier 1 Visa applicants are highly skilled professionals and have made immense contributions to the UK economy. Many of us have made UK our permanent home, already taken homes on mortgages and paying regular taxes, and abiding by the laws. We have created a future, uprooting our established careers in our home countries, choosing a life here in the UK for 3-4 years and changing the goalposts for settlement midway is the most unfair thing that could ever be done. We pay taxes, NI etc and do not put any burden on the State in terms of Benefit eligibility.

Please let me draw your attention to this statement from Damian Green:

“The Government's previous decision to change the rules so that highly skilled migrants who are already here and who want to stay are now disqualified from doing so is both unfair and wrong-headed. It is unfair because those people have made a commitment to this country but are having that flung back in their faces, and it is wrong-headed because it sends a signal to highly skilled people around the world that Britain is an unreliable place.â€

[geriatrix]

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