Thank for your letter of 17th April, about the entry clearance requirements for partners and dependent children who wish to join a British citizen or a person who is setted in the uk.
I understand that you are anxious for your wife and two children to meet all the relevant requirements of the Immigration Rules in order to settle in the UK.
In order to qualify for entry clearance your wife and children would need to demonstrate they can be adequately maintained and accommodated without recourse to public funds. In order to help demonstrate this, i would recommend you provide evidence of your income and any savings over a six month period. Applications will not automatically be refused solely because the applicant has availed himself of an agreed overdraft facility.
If your children do not have British Passports, they too would need to demonstrate they can be adequately maintained and accommodated without recourse to public funds. With the information provided. I am not able to comment if your children would qualify for British Passports, they would need to to apply for entry clearance and there would be no restrictions with regards to public funds.
Last year the Government consulted on family migration, seeking views on how we can ensure that the family route is not abused,that we promote integration and that we reduce burdens on the taxpayer. The overall goal is better family migration: better migrants,communities,and the UK as a whole.
We will make an announcement on proposed changes,including any income thresholds to family migtation routes in due course. Full details will be available on the UK Border Website.
Damian Green MP.
That was a personal letter sent to me via my MP. Mr green avoided the actual question i put to him about changes to the income threshold changes. But hints he will make an announcement fairly soon.
Also i find quite interesting that he writes "APPLICANTS WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY BE REFUSED SOLELY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS AVAILED HIMSELF OF AN AGREED OVERDRAFT FACILITY.
I hope this letter maybe useful to members.
SHELDON
mis read part of your post, thats bringing them to the uk, got to work now 
(Apologies if they're yours). 
Originally Posted by grahamw48
, Graham! 
... + did you notice the number of times he's used the phrase "in order to ... "???
