Scrap the planned increase to financial requirement for work and spousal visas.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

I am petitioning the government to scrap the planned increase in financial requirement to legal immigration visas. The government plans to increase the financial requirement from the current £18,600 to £38,700.

These changes will deny foreign workers the ability to come and work in our already chronically understaffed health and social care industry and deny the vast majority of UK citizens the ability to bring a foreign spouse to the UK to live with them, as only the top 25% of earners are able to meet the new £38,700 requirement. The changes will also extend to foreign spouses already living in the UK with their partners potentially breaking apart loving families.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Dec 2023

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