Submitted by Kim Shannon on Thursday 7th December 2023
Published on Tuesday 19th December 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 19th June 2024
Current Signatures: 48
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Lower salary threshold for sponsors of spouse visas returning from abroad
For new spouse visa applications made outside of the UK, the salary requirement of the sponsor should be made lower if the sponsor has been working abroad, to support UK citizens wanting to return back home after working abroad with their non-UK spouse. There should be other conditions instead.
We consider £38,700 is extremely high for a new spousal visa application when made outside of the UK, especially when it only considers one of the partners' annual earning, and should be lower. There should be a condition stating that the non-UK spouse needs to be in employment within a certain time frame when entering the UK. This way, the married couple can have the opportunity to earn £38,700 per household.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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