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The Guardian // Politics

Lowering UK’s income requirement for family visas ‘would increase net migration’

Monday 9th June 2025, 11:01PM

Migration advisory committee sets out options and suggests scrapping Tory plan to raise threshold to £38,700Ministers could cut the amount a British citizen or settled resident must earn to apply for a partner’s visa but that would result in a rise in net migration, a report by the government’s independent immigration panel has said.The migration advisory committee said that ministers could set any future minimum income threshold between £23,000 and £25,000. Since April 2024, applicants have had to earn at least £29,000 to apply for a visa for their partner. Continue reading...

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