The UK government has said its plans to increase the salary threshold needed to sponsor a loved one for a visa will begin with a jump to £29,000, after a widespread backlash to proposals to increase the level as high as £38,700.
Home secretary James Cleverly earlier this month set out reforms to the UK’s points-based migration system, including increasing the earnings threshold for skilled workers and prohibiting care workers from bringing over dependants.
The government had been under pressure from parts of the Conservative party and the public to cut arrival numbers after net migration climbed to a record 745,000 last year.
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