Keir Starmer recently highlighted the ongoing issue of isolation experienced by British citizens due to stringent immigration rules, particularly the minimum income threshold of £18,600 required to bring non-British partners to the UK. Recently, this threshold was proposed to be raised to £38,700, causing public uproar and resulting in a phased approach starting from £29,000. This policy has left many families in limbo, and an upcoming review could significantly alter the lives of couples and children who are currently separated due to these financial criteria.
The minimum income requirement dictates how much a person needs to earn in order to bring their non-British partner here. Set at 18,600 for a decade, the Conservatives announced plans to raise it dramatically to 38,700.
What the government does, or does not do, with the results has the potential to drastically transform family life for those separated by the threshold.
Kitenda says the income threshold has made him feel unwelcome: It feels like another way of stopping people of certain other backgrounds.
But another shock came the following year when she was diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency, meaning her chance to start a family could be ending fast at just 28 years old.
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