Mar. 07 2024
Source Page: Visas for culture and creative sectors: Letter to Home SecretaryFound: Visas for culture and creative sectors: Letter to Home Secretary
Give Ukrainians on humanitarian visas the right to apply for ILR
- 416 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 521 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We would like the Government to grant all Ukrainians that came to the UK on humanitarian visas the right to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), if they'd like it.
Found: Give Ukrainians on humanitarian visas the right to apply for ILR
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Clarity on visas for displaced Ukrainian people: letter to UK GovernmentFound: Clarity on visas for displaced Ukrainian people: letter to UK Government
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applicants that used the (a) priority and (b) super priority service were (i) granted a visa and (ii) refunded due to missed deadlines in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release).
Data on visa applicants using the Priority and Super Priority services can be found in VSI_02 of the Visa and Citizenship Transparency data (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk.) The latest data relates to Q4 2023 (October to December).
Information on the number of applicants refunded due to missed deadlines is not published or held in a reportable format.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department invited representations from stakeholders before introducing the proposed changes to the minimum income requirement threshold for (a) skilled worker and (b) spousal visas.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
From 11 April 2024, we will raise the minimum income threshold for Family visas to £29,000, that is the 25th percentile of earnings for jobs which are eligible for Skilled Worker visas. We will incrementally increase the threshold, moving to the 40th percentile (currently £34,500), and finally to the 50th percentile (currently £38,700, and the level at which the General Skilled Worker threshold is set) by early 2025.
The Government will publish an Equality Impact Assessment on this change in due course.
A fact sheet and an impact assessment can be found on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fact-sheet-on-net-migration-measures-further-detail
and
The Government engages regularly with business sectors, including through a number of its advisory groups, when developing its policies and which will continue to strike the balance between reducing overall net migration and ensuring that businesses have the skills they need to support economic growth.
Exempt visa renewals from increase to income requirements for family visas
- 49 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 49 - 0 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government plans to increase the income requirement for family visas from £18,600 to £38,700, a £20,000 rise. Family members who already have a visa should be exempt from the new rules! These new regulations should only apply to new applicants.
Found: Exempt visa renewals from increase to income requirements for family visas
Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) urging the Government to reverse their decision to increase the minimum income threshold for family visas - Speech Link
Continue ILR clock when switching between qualifying visas
- Final Signatures: 522
Switching from one visa that leads to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), like a dependent visa, to another qualifying visa, like a Skilled Worker visa, resets the time needed for ILR. We want this to be changed so the clock for entitlement to ILR is not reset when switching between visas.
Found: Resetting accrued ILR can also discourage partners on dependent visas who want to be less reliant on
Mar. 31 2011
Source Page: Student visas: statement of intent and transitional measures. 17 p.Found: Student visas: statement of intent and transitional measures. 17 p.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab - Life peer) There have been multiple failures identified in the Home Office system for awarding care worker visas - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) to the year ending December 2023, show that we have issued more than 146,000 health and care worker visas - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) I reiterate that we will go after people who are abusing the visas and the individuals. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The noble Baroness asks me about the care sector in general; I am obviously here to talk about visas. - Speech Link