Quote Originally Posted by Iani View Post
First of all, am I missing something here?

This hasn't been announced by the government yet, none of these MP's who have been briefed have quoted - it is a news story in one paper.
It's also a rehash of previous stories/leaks, that something might happen to the immigration rules about this time - and yes, JCWI has indeed sent papers to MP's giving examples of how people may be hit by these proposals, this is also now quite old news.

I just wondered if I'm missing something, because as far as I can see, this is being treated as an official government statement, when in fact, it only seems to be newspaper presumptions.
I know what you mean, but it seems that it is heading inexorably towards what was first proposed wayback last year. I hope though that what they actually do, if they do introduce this kind of thing, is to introduce the thresholds etc at a lower level. A watered down version of what's in the Guardian article. That way far less applicants / forum members will be adversely affected and hopefully for our sake our ILR doesnt become a "nightmare" of hurdles and fees.