Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 16th February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) changes to minimum income thresholds and (b) other changes to legal migration rules for (i) family and (ii) work visas on (A) Commonwealth and (B) foreign nationals serving in the armed forces.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
This question was answered on 26th February 2024

All Armed Forces personnel, regardless of their nationality, are subject to the Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) if they wish to sponsor a visa for a non-UK family member to enter and later settle in the UK. The Secretary of State has met with the Home Secretary, and the two departments are working together to mitigate potential impacts on the recruitment and retention of our Armed Forces that the increased MIR may have.

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