Reduce the Income Requirement for family visas to the UK to £20,800

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

When the MAC review is completed in June 2025, we want the government to lower the Income Requirement for family visas to £20,800 to reflect lower average earnings in areas outside London & the Southeast, including:
Midlands & Southwest England
Northern England & Wales
Scotland & Northern Ireland

The £29,000 threshold is unfairly high, breaching the human rights of UK citizens with overseas partners, and forcing families apart.

This discriminates against working-class people, especially outside London. The MAC review must end this cruel policy. Labour inherited it—now you must fix it and support the families you represent.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Lower financial requirement for Spouse Visa from £29,000 back to £18,600

Timeline

16 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
10 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Apr 2025

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