Petition · past parliament
Introduce joint sponsorship for partner settlement visas
Closed
1,053 signatures
What the petition asks
Non-EU citizens wishing to live with their fiancé or spouse in the UK must have their application sponsored by their partner alone. If their partner does not meet the financial requirement, the couple cannot live together in the UK. Joint sponsorship would allow this responsibility to be shared.
Joint sponsorship, as applied in other countries (such as the USA), allows a second individual to accept legal responsibility for supporting the visa applicant throughout the duration of their visa.
Such a system would provide couples those who are unable to meet the strict financial requirements of sponsorship a way to live together in the UK, without the the additional risk to the taxpayer that reducing the financial requirement may have.
Such a system would provide couples those who are unable to meet the strict financial requirements of sponsorship a way to live together in the UK, without the the additional risk to the taxpayer that reducing the financial requirement may have.
Timeline
| 31 Mar 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Sep 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,053
Status
Closed
Opened
31 Mar 2016
Closed
30 Sep 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.