Stop the government tearing families apart! Say no to the new income threshold!
The Issue
It is hard enough to be married to a person from another country, let alone try to live together in one place.
With this new proposal the government plan to raise the income threshold for partners wanting their spouses to join them in the UK. The proposed increase of more than £20,000 from £18,600 to £38,700, will limit the majority of British Citizens (recent statistics reflect that the average UK wide salary is set at £29,669) from being able to sponsor their partner/spouse to join them in their home country, and is specifically targeting the lower/middle income families. I myself would have to completely retrain in a different field to meet the requirements which is just not an option with a young child and already working full time. Moving forward with this proposal would pose significant breaches to Article 8 and 12 of the Human Rights Act, which outlines the right to family life and the right to marry respectively.
If passed in parliament this new proposal will tear many thousands of families apart and force them to decide between living together or living close to their family and friends. How can the government sleep at night knowing they are doing this? It’s unacceptable and something must be done to stop it. Foreign spouses are not entitled to benefits and therefore do not place further strain on the Uk economy, rather they gain the right to work in the UK through a successful visa and can be part of the solution to addressing the shortage of skilled workers in the UK post Brexit.
Home office statistics show that Family/Spousal visas only accounted for 3% of the 2,836,490 visas granted in 2022. As such breaching the right thousands of UK citizens to family life with their foreign spouse, by raising the minimum income requirement to £38,700 in 2024 is NOT an effective way to curb UK immigration.
Something must be done to end this disastrous proposed family/spouse visa income requirement increase. It will affect many thousands of families (many of those with young children) who deserve and have every right to live together in one place. Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you for reading.
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The Issue
It is hard enough to be married to a person from another country, let alone try to live together in one place.
With this new proposal the government plan to raise the income threshold for partners wanting their spouses to join them in the UK. The proposed increase of more than £20,000 from £18,600 to £38,700, will limit the majority of British Citizens (recent statistics reflect that the average UK wide salary is set at £29,669) from being able to sponsor their partner/spouse to join them in their home country, and is specifically targeting the lower/middle income families. I myself would have to completely retrain in a different field to meet the requirements which is just not an option with a young child and already working full time. Moving forward with this proposal would pose significant breaches to Article 8 and 12 of the Human Rights Act, which outlines the right to family life and the right to marry respectively.
If passed in parliament this new proposal will tear many thousands of families apart and force them to decide between living together or living close to their family and friends. How can the government sleep at night knowing they are doing this? It’s unacceptable and something must be done to stop it. Foreign spouses are not entitled to benefits and therefore do not place further strain on the Uk economy, rather they gain the right to work in the UK through a successful visa and can be part of the solution to addressing the shortage of skilled workers in the UK post Brexit.
Home office statistics show that Family/Spousal visas only accounted for 3% of the 2,836,490 visas granted in 2022. As such breaching the right thousands of UK citizens to family life with their foreign spouse, by raising the minimum income requirement to £38,700 in 2024 is NOT an effective way to curb UK immigration.
Something must be done to end this disastrous proposed family/spouse visa income requirement increase. It will affect many thousands of families (many of those with young children) who deserve and have every right to live together in one place. Please help by signing and sharing. Thank you for reading.
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Petition created on 6 December 2023