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House of Commons Report: Partner Visa Financial Requirements
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Overview of the Financial Requirements for Partner Visas 2. Changes to the Partner Visa Financial Requirement: Timeline and Impact 3. Criticism of the UK’s Minimum Income Requirement...

 for Partner Visas 4. The Rising Threshold: Financial Requirement vs. Minimum Wage 5. Debate on Regional Income Thresholds for Partner Visas 6. Disproportionate Impact of Partner Visa Financial Requirements on...

Navigating the New £29,000 UK Partner & Family Visa Financial Requirement
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

This post explores the recent immigration announcement to change the minimum income requirement for the partner/family visa routes from Spring 2024 and the alternatives available if you are not able to meet the...

 new financial requirement of £29,000. Why Is the UK Partner and Family Visa Financial Requirement Increasing? Over recent years, Ministers have argued that immigration has become too high. Thus, on 4...

Home Office Revises Minimum Income Requirement for Spouse, Partner and Family Visas to £29,000
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

As we reported in our earlier post, on Monday, 4 December, the Home Secretary unveiled a series of significant measures aimed at reducing legal migration numbers to the UK by around 300,000.  These measures included...

 an increase in the minimum income threshold for spouse and partner visas under Appendix FM from £18,600 to £38,700, set to come into effect in Spring 2024. Revised Minimum Income Thresholds for Family...

Legal Implications of Doubling the Family Visa Income Requirement
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As many readers will be aware, part of the Home Secretary’s recently announced “five-point plan” on immigration included a significant increase to the minimum income threshold for family visas under Appendix...

 FM of the Immigration Rules. Whereas currently those eligible under Appendix FM (ordinarily the partners of British citizens or individuals settled in the UK) need to demonstrate that they meet a minimum...

Minimum income requirement under Appendix FM: is there room for flexibility?
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As has been discussed in one of our previous blog posts, the minimum income requirements for those applying for entry clearance to the UK as a the spouse of a British citizen or settled person can be...

 difficult to meet. The minimum income requirement According to Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules applicants for entry clearance  must provide evidence of an annual income of at least £18,600, plus an additional...

Minimum Income Requirement for Spouse Visas Ruled ‘Lawful’
By Richmond Chambers -

The requirement for UK citizens to have a minimum income before being allowed to sponsor their spouse’s visa has been ruled ‘lawful’ by the Court of Appeal. In 2012, a Minimum Income Requirement...

 (MIR) policy was introduced by the UK Government, meaning that only British citizens, or those having obtained refugee status, earning £18,600 or more per annum can sponsor their non-European spouse’s visa....

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