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Written Question
Visas: Families
Monday 7th July 2025

Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in reference to the Migration Advisory Committee report published on 10 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) revising and (b) lowering the family visa financial requirements.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

On 10 June the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published their independent review of the financial requirements across the family routes. The report is now under review, and the Home Office will respond in due course.