Home Office accused of ‘chaos’ after U-turn on earnings threshold for family visa
Department unexpectedly announces interim increase to just £29,000, with no timeline given for planned full rise to £38,700
The Home Office has made a U-turn on its much-criticised plan to imminently raise the minimum salary requirement for British nationals bringing foreign family members to the UK, saying the threshold will first be raised to £29,000 instead of £38,700.
The revised proposal, announced unexpectedly and without fanfare in a parliamentary answer, said the threshold would be increased “incrementally” and would still eventually hit £38,700, but gave no timescale for when this would happen.