British citizen living abroad? Non-EEA spouse? This may affect you!
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
A non-EEA earning a high income, will still be able to get into the UK under their own visa. There are new immigration catagories for these people as well as new visas for the gifted, plus the exisiting Tier2 (General).
That way, if their marriage breaks down while in the UK, they will be still be able to apply for settlement and become a citizen in their own right, without needing their UK spouse to OK their stay.
That way, if their marriage breaks down while in the UK, they will be still be able to apply for settlement and become a citizen in their own right, without needing their UK spouse to OK their stay.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
The Home Office UKBA website has the long list of visas and their requirements.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
You asked about a non-EU spouse who earned a high income. Rather than look for those visa links, you asked me. Now you want me to specify what visas, rather than read the link yourself. And you accuse me of being lazy
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
So the reasons for these changes can be summarised as follows:
To stop the importing of non genuine spouses through marriages of convenience. By excluding people of long term marriages.
To ensure UK taxpayers don't fund the foreign spouse coming into the UK - except that plenty coming in will be taxpayers themselves, probably even paying more than other UK taxpayers, given the required income is above what most people earn.
And many coming in will have paid decades worth of taxes prior to leaving.
And the refusal to allow spouses into the UK will result in monies being paid to the Brit that wouldn't have to be paid if the spouse came with them.
Makes perfect sense. Not.
To stop the importing of non genuine spouses through marriages of convenience. By excluding people of long term marriages.
To ensure UK taxpayers don't fund the foreign spouse coming into the UK - except that plenty coming in will be taxpayers themselves, probably even paying more than other UK taxpayers, given the required income is above what most people earn.
And many coming in will have paid decades worth of taxes prior to leaving.
And the refusal to allow spouses into the UK will result in monies being paid to the Brit that wouldn't have to be paid if the spouse came with them.
Makes perfect sense. Not.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
So the reasons for these changes can be summarised as follows:
To stop the importing of non genuine spouses through marriages of convenience. By excluding people of long term marriages.
To ensure UK taxpayers don't fund the foreign spouse coming into the UK - except that plenty coming in will be taxpayers themselves, probably even paying more than other UK taxpayers, given the required income is above what most people earn.
And many coming in will have paid decades worth of taxes prior to leaving.
And the refusal to allow spouses into the UK will result in monies being paid to the Brit that wouldn't have to be paid if the spouse came with them.
Makes perfect sense. Not.
To stop the importing of non genuine spouses through marriages of convenience. By excluding people of long term marriages.
To ensure UK taxpayers don't fund the foreign spouse coming into the UK - except that plenty coming in will be taxpayers themselves, probably even paying more than other UK taxpayers, given the required income is above what most people earn.
And many coming in will have paid decades worth of taxes prior to leaving.
And the refusal to allow spouses into the UK will result in monies being paid to the Brit that wouldn't have to be paid if the spouse came with them.
Makes perfect sense. Not.
Maybe the emphasis should primarily go on genuineness in the relationship as well as money but not to ridiculous levels for the latter. I can only assume politicians make decisions not based on rationality but how to win votes and stay in power
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
I am kind of hoping that this is some horrible joke. About to put in for DH's spouse visa and I make around 22K...what happens if we put the application in now and some massively high threshold comes in before a decision has been made?
Or even if a decision has been made for that matter??? Can it be revoked?
Or even if a decision has been made for that matter??? Can it be revoked?
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
I am kind of hoping that this is some horrible joke. About to put in for DH's spouse visa and I make around 22K...what happens if we put the application in now and some massively high threshold comes in before a decision has been made?
Or even if a decision has been made for that matter??? Can it be revoked?
Or even if a decision has been made for that matter??? Can it be revoked?
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
1 million also gets an Investor visa.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
I doubt anyone with so much money may necessarily feel comfortable investing it somewhere however your former point is excellent, I like that. From my calculations, at 4% I.R one can earn £40,000/ year...not bad at all
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
Well, this officially rules out me ever returning home, unless my wife cheats on me and we get a divorce.
Are there other EU countries we could move to that aren't so strict? Trust me, "home" would also be one of several European countries.
I'm not rich. I could never command a £26k salary anywhere.
Are there other EU countries we could move to that aren't so strict? Trust me, "home" would also be one of several European countries.
I'm not rich. I could never command a £26k salary anywhere.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
The 'Daily Mail' would absolutely love to do a story on this.....native Brits who are alarmed that they can't take their spouses home to the UK....
#73
Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
You are funny I enjoy reading Daily Mail and they can be 'Conservative' but not as bad as they are potrayed . However, the issue of immigration is a problem considering the population of the UK is increasing primarily from immigration. However, what the politicians fail to point out is that most of these immigration problem is not caused by family immigration but from other means of immigrations such as bringing foreign workers into the country (EU and non-EU) and ignoring the influx of migrants from within the EU because they are helpless in enforcing any rules. Student immigration is the only one I believe has been fairly targeted. Non-EU immigration is only one they can scrutinize because the Govt is helpless in enforcing any rules on immigrants from EU countries. Had UK Govt able to dictate all means of immigration then immigration control would not come across so harsh on family immigrants but evenly and fairly applied across all means of immigrations. This is the consequence of being a part of the EU.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
So my American wife of 9 years would be less welcome than someone coming on a boat from Lithuania? Even though as soon as she got a work permit, we would both be working legitimately and paying taxes? Seems a bit ridiculous, but it most likely means that I'll never be able to return home, especially when we have kids.
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Re: Theresa May wants minimum income of £25,700; £49,000 if you have 2 kids
From which I asked:
Why does it have to be the British citizen paying taxes - why not the non-EU spouse with a high income?
However, insisting on a 5-year probationary period for all spouses, rather than the current 2 (or immediate ILE) will discourage a lot of meaningful employment for the non-EU spouse due to their temporary residency.
However, insisting on a 5-year probationary period for all spouses, rather than the current 2 (or immediate ILE) will discourage a lot of meaningful employment for the non-EU spouse due to their temporary residency.
You followed up with the following:
A non-EEA earning a high income, will still be able to get into the UK under their own visa. There are new immigration catagories for these people as well as new visas for the gifted, plus the exisiting Tier2 (General).
That way, if their marriage breaks down while in the UK, they will be still be able to apply for settlement and become a citizen in their own right, without needing their UK spouse to OK their stay.
That way, if their marriage breaks down while in the UK, they will be still be able to apply for settlement and become a citizen in their own right, without needing their UK spouse to OK their stay.
The term "high income" that you used is also unclear on whether you mean an income above the possible threshold already mentioned in this thread, or if you mean a different, higher income (such as the £150,000 income mentioned for Tier 2 (General) which means there are no limits on number of that kind of visa issued in a year for people earning that much).
Because of that, I wrote:
The Home Office UKBA website has the long list of visas and their requirements.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Yes, it is you being lazy by introducing something into the conversation, and when asked to clarify you cannot be bothered to provide further information about what you're referring to, and then try and turn that laziness onto the person asking for that information. Even attempting to make fun of that person.
I know what the website address for the UKBA is, thank you. However I'm sure people will be interested to witness your knowledge and wisdom in other visa categories - yet unnamed, and yet to be decided as suitable or unsuitable for the situation you suggest in which they could be used.