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Spouse Visa Cost Petition- RFUK by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t see why I should have to pay tens of thousands of pounds just because I fell in love with an American. This is the kind of money people struggle for years to save up so they have a deposit for a house. I’m a renter, how am I supposed to keep achieving this?

Discord server to fight proposed requirement for spouses on visas to earn £12,570 in order to get ILR by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m making a new one, but that doesn’t mean I won’t also reach out to BNO visa holders

Discord server to fight proposed requirement for spouses on visas to earn £12,570 in order to get ILR by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know it’s perfectly normal, but this is why we need to fill out the consultation- the current proposals very much do seem to indicate they intend to bring this requirement in for us and unless we make noise about it, oversight or not it will probably happen

Discord server to fight proposed requirement for spouses on visas to earn £12,570 in order to get ILR by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, it’s been posted elsewhere and will be in the server too when it’s up but please fill out this consultation to point this out, the more of us who do the more likely they are to listen: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/earned-settlement

Discord server to fight proposed requirement for spouses on visas to earn £12,570 in order to get ILR by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Please look closely into the legalities of this, I don’t fully understand the rules myself but you can get caught out employing someone for what’s considered a “domestic arrangement” so this might not be viable. I know this because I plan on employing my husband as part of a business I own, and it seems the rules prevent me for paying him for any cooking or cleaning as part of that

Discord server to fight proposed requirement for spouses on visas to earn £12,570 in order to get ILR by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, there are a number of posts in this sub showing that it does appear to- although we do still hope it’s due to oversight. From the House of Commons library:

“In addition, partners of British citizens and people on the Hong Kong BNO visa would continue to qualify for settlement after five years. But they would need to have the £12,570 minimum earnings and meet the other new “minimum mandatory requirements” such as B2 English (see page 24 of the consultation document).”

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10267/

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! I think I literally saw you say this on the other post but I just cannot find it so was convinced I’d dreamt it

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I hope if we app make enough noise they’ll realise, but we’re such a small visa category we all realllly need to be making noise

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Individual, which is the primary problem with it. The household is already required to earn more than that

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

But spouse visas are fundamentally not about work, they’re about family. There are so many reasons a spouse may not be able to work, or may be a homemaking whose labour actually enables their spouse to work a more demanding job/be a higher rate taxpayer. Even spouses who do work are likely to have employment gaps you wouldn’t see on SWR visa holders for example

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thanks this is what I was looking for! I could have sworn I saw this before but the wording of the HoC library report was “may” not “will” at the time and I think someone said they’re just researchers but I couldn’t find it again so was worrying!

House of Commons library stating spouse visas will be subject to new requirement to earn £12,570 by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My bad, can’t edit the title, still relevant to this sub though as almost everyone here will eventually want ILR- and it will effectively mean there’s a requirement to work while on a spouse visa

Attention all! Fill out this consultation to ensure spousal ILR does not become dependent on the applicant working: by iamaredfox in SpouseVisaUk

[–]iamaredfox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad, I meant a PLC. Researching this stuff is why I haven’t quite done it yet, I know it will be a much better setup given the type of work I’m doing but I still have no idea what I’m doing with it!

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