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The Immigration Rules, under the Immigration Act 1971, were updated in 2012 to create a strict minimum income threshold for non-EU spouses and children to be given leave to remain in the UK. Since 2012, the applicant must meet the financial requirement of £18,600 per year if they are applying only for themselves, £22,400 per year for ...
United Kingdom immigration law is the law that relates to who may enter, work in and remain in the United Kingdom.There are many reasons as to why people may migrate; the three main reasons being seeking asylum, because their home countries have become dangerous [citation needed], people migrating for economic reasons and people migrating to be reunited with family members.
In the European Union (EU), a family member's residence card is issued under EU rules by any EU country (except, in common, the country the EU family member is a national of). [1] This exception is not applicable to Spain or Italy, where non-EEA family members of Spanish or Italian citizens will hold a valid Residence card for a family member ...
The British government announced tough new immigration rules Monday that it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands. Home Secretary James ...
The UK Family Visa was designed for those who want to establish life with their family members who are already residents or citizens of the United Kingdom. [24] Eligible family members [25] include: A spouse or partner of a UK resident; A child of a UK resident; A relative in need for long-time care of a UK resident; A parent of a UK resident
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 [1] (or EEA Regulations for short), amended by SI 2009/1117, [2] SI 2011/1247 [3] and SI 2015/694 [4] and which have now been mostly repealed and superseded by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, was a piece of British legislation which implemented the right of free movement of European Economic Area (EEA ...
The minimum income for family visas rose by more than £10,000 to £29,000 from April. ... Family visa rules change to face High Court legal challenge. ... A lawyer for Reunite Families UK (RFUK ...
Family members of British Citizens are expected to apply under the national immigration law (called the "Immigration Rules") which are separate from the implementation of the European law (the "EEA Regulations"). This can result in situations where family members of EU nationals are treated more favourably than those of British Citizens. [17]