Modify the inhumane changes applied to the skilled worker and family visa routes

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Doubling the family visa requirement, from £18,600 to £38,700 will tear families apart, forcing parents to separate and grow their children overseas as single parents. These families have already worked very hard to pay into the system that is currently punishing them for choosing to live in the UK.

The visa fees have already been increased, making the process of moving to the UK cost over £10,000 over five years. Legal migrants are already contributing to the NHS through the taxes we all pay, yet they are also required to pay an additional £3,000+ as an NHS surcharge.

These draconian changes not only affect families that are planning to move to the UK, but also affect working people who have been living here for years and need to renew their visas.

Please reconsider.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Cancel increase to minimum income requirement for Skilled Worker and Family visa: Cancel increase to minimum income requirement for Skilled Worker and Family visa

Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700: Don’t increase the income requirement for family visas to £38,700

Timeline

5 Dec 2023	Petition opened for signatures
18 Dec 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Dec 2023

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