In limbo: families kept apart by UK visa income rules | Immigration and asylum
By: Frankie Mills | Published: 2025-06-10 07:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Three weeks ago, Keir Starmer said the UK was at risk of becoming an “island of strangers”. But for countless British citizens across the country, that isolation is already a lived reality by design of immigration rules that force them to choose between their homeland and family.
The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at £18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to £38,700 before backtracking after a public backlash, instead moving it in three gradual stages starting with £29,000 in April last year.
The threshold of £29,000 was temporarily frozen by Labour upon taking office. The government has asked the migration advisory committee to review the policy…
