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Immigration minister says existing skilled workers will not be subject to new £38K salary threshold when extending visas

21 December 2023
People on Skilled Worker route should be exempt from new median salary levels when they change sponsor, extend, or settle

Minimum income requirement for spouse visa will initially rise to £29,000 in Spring 2024 and will be incrementally increased to £38,700

21 December 2023
Important new information suggests change of mind by Government on plan to increase the minimum income requirement

Senior President of Tribunals publishes latest annual report, Immigration and Asylum Chambers expect increased workload as Home Office clears asylum backlog

20 December 2023
The Rt Hon Sir Keith Lindblom releases his third annual review of the year in the tribunals

Reunite Families UK report details the ‘devastating’ impact of immigration rules for spouse visas on families and children

20 December 2023
Family migration rules are expensive, complex, and fraught with uncertainty, confusion and long waits

Academic article considers how UK Government discourse portrays asylum seekers as security risks to justify punitive and retributive sanctions

18 December 2023
Timely new article on 'securitization' of asylum by Cristina Saenz Perez of the University of Leeds

Details of transitional provisions associated with increase in minimum income requirement for spouse/family visa will be announced in January

15 December 2023
Immigration minister says in Parliamentary answer that Government will set out more details on increase next month

New report finds asylum seekers suffer significant and irreparable harm due to being housed at prison-like RAF Wethersfield

15 December 2023
Helen Bamber Foundation and Humans for Rights Network call for Wethersfield to be closed down as a matter of urgency

Numerous opinions warn Safety of Rwanda Bill is not compatible with rule of law ahead of today’s Commons vote

12 December 2023
Serious concerns expressed by Joint Committee on Human Rights, Bingham Centre, ILPA, the Bar Council, and others

Home Office confirms no official decision yet on how £38K minimum income requirement for spouse/family visa will apply to renewals

11 December 2023
Specifics of the policy are being established and more details will be announced in due course

Home Affairs Committee deeply concerned that the Government is prioritising irregular migration issues at expense of tackling human trafficking

11 December 2023
New report emphasises that trafficking is not an immigration offence and must not be conflated with irregular migration

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