UK Family visa: British govt’s salary threshold hike norm comes into affect
8 months, 1 week ago

UK Family visa: British govt’s salary threshold hike norm comes into affect

Live Mint  

The minimum income required to sponsor their relatives to the UK on a family visa has been increased by over 55 per cent on Thursday, as the country aims to reduce legal migration. Beginning today, British citizens and residents, including those from the Indian community, will be need a minimum annual salary of £29,000 to sponsor their family for a UK Family Visa. According to UK government's official website, by early 2025, the minimum required income will increase 2 more times, rising to £38,700 – to meet the new salary threshold for a Skilled Worker visa. We’ve acted to cut unsustainable numbers, to protect British workers and their wages, to ensure those bringing family to the UK do not burden taxpayers, and to build an immigration system fit for the future - and one the public can rightly have confidence in," Cleverly added.

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UK won't raise income requirement for family visas, relief for Indians
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UK won't raise income requirement for family visas, relief for Indians

India Today  

The UK government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has halted plans to raise the minimum income requirement for sponsoring a family member on a family visa. "The minimum income requirement is currently set at GBP 29,000, and there will be no further changes until the Migration Advisory Committee review is complete," said Cooper. The pause on plans to raise …

UK's family visa minimum income requirement challenged in high court
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UK's family visa minimum income requirement challenged in high court

India Today  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's policy to raise the minimum income requirement for family visas is being challenged in the high court. CRITICISM AND DEBATE OVER UK IMMIGRATION PLAN The new minimum income requirement threshold introduced by Home Secretary James Cleverly, has been criticised for its adverse effects on women, ethnic minorities, and young people, which RFUK says breaches the …

UK hikes family visa income requirement by 55% to control migration
8 months, 1 week ago

UK hikes family visa income requirement by 55% to control migration

India Today  

The minimum income requirement for sponsoring a family member on a family visa in the United Kingdom has risen, further tightening the criteria for immigration. The Rishi Sunak government announced the hike last year as part of its staged plan to align the family visa salary threshold with that of the Skilled Worker visa, and it came into force on …

UK Family Visa salary threshold hike: Explained
1 year ago

UK Family Visa salary threshold hike: Explained

Hindustan Times  

The UK’s proposed hike in the minimum annual salary threshold for permanent residents to be eligible to sponsor a spouse or partner on a Family Visa will take place in “incremental stages”. UK visa news: The threshold will initially rise to GBP 29,000 in early 2024 from the current level of GBP 18,600. Earlier UK home secretary James Cleverly said …

UK tables tougher visa rules for foreign workers, clampdown on bringing families
1 year ago

UK tables tougher visa rules for foreign workers, clampdown on bringing families

Deccan Chronicle  

London: The UK government on Monday tabled a tough new set of measures to bring down the country's immigration numbers, including a much higher salary threshold for foreign workers to access skilled visas and a clampdown on bringing family members as their dependants. Going further on student visas, Cleverly said he will ask the Migration Advisory Committee to also review …

Salary threshold for foreign workers to come to UK should be £40k, says Boris Johnson
1 year, 1 month ago

Salary threshold for foreign workers to come to UK should be £40k, says Boris Johnson

The Telegraph  

The salary threshold for foreign workers to come to Britain should be raised to £40,000 to slash record levels of migration, Boris Johnson has said. The former prime minister admitted the big increase from the current £26,000 a year would provoke protests from those who had made their wealth from cheap foreign labour, but claimed it would force industries to …

Foreign worker visas set to double in five years, Home Office forecasts show
1 year, 1 month ago

Foreign worker visas set to double in five years, Home Office forecasts show

The Telegraph  

Foreign worker visas are set to double in the next five years as people are recruited to take “skilled” jobs in occupations with shortages, such as social care, internal Home Office estimates show. The number of “in-country” visas granted to foreign skilled workers is expected to rise from 204,000 in 2023/24 to 584,000 in 2028/29, according to the Home Office …

UK visa fee hike for visitors effective this week: Impact on Indians explained
1 year, 2 months ago

UK visa fee hike for visitors effective this week: Impact on Indians explained

Hindustan Times  

A proposed visa fee hike announced by the British government will become effective this week. The UK Home Office said that the changes mean that the cost for a visit visa for less than six months will rise to GBP 115 and the fee for applying for a student visa from outside the UK will rise to GBP 490. "It …

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