Submitted on Wednesday 8th March 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 21st March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the immigration requirements for UK citizens with a non EU spouse
Currently the UK's immigration laws state that to bring a non-EU spouse to the UK you must have a minimum income of £18,600 or savings of £62,000. This is well above the average income. This has led to a huge rise in "Skype families", miserable and living apart due to the draconian laws.
This law is causing huge distress, so many of us want to come home, and are stuck apart, including children from their parents & adults from their elderly parents. Supposedly it is to stop a burden on the public purse, but you are not allowed to claim benefits anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/21/families-challenge-minimum-income-visa-rules-supreme-court-non-eu-partner
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/19/please-theresa-may-relax-the-rules-for-spouse-visas--and-stop-te/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/176774
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