Immigration: Families

(asked on 1st April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

What assessment his Department has made of the effect on low-paid workers of the minimum income requirements for non-EEA residents to bring family members to the UK.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 1st April 2019

The level of the minimum income threshold was set after considering advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. The Supreme Court has endorsed the lawfulness of this approach and agrees that the minimum income requirement strikes a fair balance between the interests of UK citizens wishing to sponsor a non-EEA spouse and of the community in general.

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