Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans he has to change the minimum income requirement for spouse visas.
The Government has no plans currently to change the income requirement for spousal visas. The Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement for spouse visas in February 2017, the current approach ensures that taxpayers are not required to support those settling in the UK on Family visas and the policy promotes integration. The Supreme Court found that our policy strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a spouse to settle in the UK and of the community in general.