--- description: A petition calling for Donald Trump's U.K. State visit to be cancelled has gained over a million signatures title: Donald Trump State Visit Petition Gets a Million Signatures image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ba3e37411637503/6988b7c397cdff19556af4c6/gettyimages-633017520.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Over 1 Million Sign British Petition to Ban Trump From State Visit by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2017 10:15 AM CUT  President Donald Trump is seen through a window speaking on the phone with King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 29, 2017, in Washington, DC. On that day, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from the Oval Office President Donald Trump is seen through a window speaking on the phone with King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 29, 2017, in Washington, DC. On that day, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from the Oval OfficeMark Wilson/Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2017 10:15 AM CUT [A petition](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928/ "undefined") in the U.K. demanding the cancellation of President Donald Trump’s state visit has gained a million signatures. Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure to cancel President Trump’s planned visit as multiple British political figures, including opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, voiced their support for the petition, which claims that the visit would cause Queen Elizabeth II “embarrassment.” Any petition with over 100,000 signatures will be considered for a parliamentary debate. A petition launched to ban Trump from the U.K. when he initially suggested a Muslim ban received 586,930 signatures and was debated in Parliament in January 2016. > [](https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/826005999806976000) The controversy comes amid growing international outcry and protests targeting the U.S. leader’s immigration executive order on Friday imposing a temporary entry ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4653162/donald-trump-theresa-may-muslim-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4653162/donald-trump-theresa-may-muslim-ban/"},"headline":"Over 1 Million Sign British Petition to Ban Trump From State Visit","datePublished":"2017-01-30T10:15:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:01:09.079Z","description":"A petition calling for Donald Trump's U.K. State visit to be cancelled has gained over a million signatures","url":"https://time.com/4653162/donald-trump-theresa-may-muslim-ban/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Donald Trump","Theresa May","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ba3e37411637503/6988b7c397cdff19556af4c6/gettyimages-633017520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ba3e37411637503/6988b7c397cdff19556af4c6/gettyimages-633017520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Speaks With King Of Saudi Arabia From The White House","caption":"President Trump Speaks With King Of Saudi Arabia From The White House","creditText":"Mark Wilson/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4653162/donald-trump-theresa-may-muslim-ban/","name":"Over 1 Million Sign British Petition to Ban Trump From State Visit"}}]}] ```