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Remove minimum-earning requirements for British Citizens who wish to return to the UK with a foreign family (spouse and child/children)

Submitted on Monday 25th November 2013

Published on Wednesday 27th November 2013

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 27th February 2014

Signatures: 185

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British ~ British citizens ~ Child ~ Children ~ Citizens ~ EU ~ Law ~ UK

Petition Action

Remove minimum-earning requirements for British Citizens who wish to return to the UK with a foreign family (spouse and child/children)

Additional Information

Under the present law any British citizen who wants to sponsor their spouse's visa must be able to show they earn at least £18,600 a year, rising to £22,400 to sponsor a child, or more for additional children.

There is an additional stipulation that states the British citizen must have held this paying position for up to twelve months before the spouse and child/children can enter the UK and rejoin their family.

This rule does not apply to Citizens from countries in the EU. Someone from the EU can enter the UK and bring in their family without minimum earning requirements.

In this instance British Citizens are being treated unfairly and are being discriminated against by comparison to citizens from the EU.

This petition asks that this law be abolished to state that there is no minimum requirement and measures are put in place to give existing British citizens priority to establish their families over other types of immigrants.


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