Stark choice under new immigration rules: exile or family breakup

[joebloggs]

this is more like what the headline should be,

New immigration clampdown demands £20,000 salary for Brits to marry a foreigner

British citizens who marry foreigners will have to earn at least £20,000 a year if they want to set up their family home in the UK under a new immigration clampdown.

The planned changes mean lower-paid Britons would be forced to emigrate if they wanted to live with a loved one from overseas.

And if the foreign-born spouse had children, their British partner would have to earn £30,000 or more, depending on how many children they had.

They will also have to pass a strict new 'combined attachment test' to prove they share a genuine loyalty to Britain, not another country, and they will remain on probation for five years instead of the current two.

The proposals, to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May, are expected to cut immigration, currently standing at 250,000 a year, by 25,000.

They are designed primarily to combat claims that some foreigners are marrying Britons to take advantage of the UK's generous welfare system.

The new clampdown will not apply to partners from within the European Union, as they will continue to have the right to settle here.

"There is little we can do to stop them claiming benefits but we can implement better controls on people who come here to marry in the first place."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1xMjd4L7S


as a British citizen you dont have the same rights as Europeans living in your country , they can still bring their wife and kids here without a problem

little you can do to stop them claiming benefits ? what planet is this gov spokesman on ? if they are not allowed to claim the benefits prosecute them, if they are allowed to claim the benefit then they have a legal right to, so what are they talking about yes they have a legal right to claim whatever benefits (what benefits ?? they never name what these benefits are !) so to stop them using thier legal right to claim them, we will just not let them get into the UK !

[gWaPito]

this is more like what the headline should be,

New immigration clampdown demands £20,000 salary for Brits to marry a foreigner

British citizens who Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee marry foreigners will have to earn at least £20,000 a year if they want to set up their family home in the UK under a new immigration clampdown.

The planned changes mean lower-paid Britons would be forced to emigrate if they wanted to live with a loved one from overseas.

And if the foreign-born spouse had children, their British partner would have to earn £30,000 or more, depending on how many children they had.

They will also have to pass a strict new 'combined attachment test' to prove they share a genuine loyalty to Britain, not another country, and they will remain on probation for five years instead of the current two.

The proposals, to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May, are expected to cut immigration, currently standing at 250,000 a year, by 25,000.

They are designed primarily to combat claims that some foreigners are marrying Britons to take advantage of the UK's generous welfare system.

The new clampdown will not apply to partners from within the European Union, as they will continue to have the right to settle here.

"There is little we can do to stop them claiming benefits but we can implement better controls on people who come here to marry in the first place."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1xMjd4L7S


as a British citizen you dont have the same rights as Europeans living in your country , they can still bring their wife and kids here without a problem

little you can do to stop them claiming benefits ? what planet is this gov spokesman on ? if they are not allowed to claim the benefits prosecute them, if they are allowed to claim the benefit then they have a legal right to, so what are they talking about yes they have a legal right to claim whatever benefits (what benefits ?? they never name what these benefits are !) so to stop them using thier legal right to claim them, we will just not let them get into the UK !

Honestly Joe You are confusing the issues here...whether we like it or not, the new europeans are now ours brothers and sisters.

Really, you should stop beating yourself up thinking about it....

As for the 20k base stated by the mail...thats not unreasonable....example Imagine, like most of us sending monies back home....a regular amount...then they ask for a little bit more, reason given to you is the one of the out of work brother's has got a girlfriend with kids.

I guess you'd feel pretty miffed to say the least.

[yellowcloud]

Do you think they could make a transitional arrangement for this though? Ie you meet the requirements when applying for the Fiance Visa - new rules come in - you apply for FLR - you are still bound by the rules that were in place when you first applied for the FIance Visa?

[gWaPito]

Do you think they could make a transitional arrangement for this though? Ie you meet the requirements when applying for the Fiance Visa - new rules come in - you apply for FLR - you are still bound by the rules that were in place when you first applied for the FIance Visa?

Yellowcloud, I would imagine it will be like when life in the uk test was introduced...ie..will only effect totally new applicants....those already with spouse, flr I cant see for one moment being affected. You got your now wife under the rules they set...when you apply flr you are just providing proof that you are upholding there rules.

Easy for me to say but, going by the last changes in requirements and how it was handled ie for new applicants on a certain date, you dont have nothing to worry about

[joebloggs]

Honestly Joe You are confusing the issues here...whether we like it or not, the new europeans are now ours brothers and sisters.
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why am i confusing issues it does not effect Europeans living in the UK, yet it effects British citizens, might be fair to you, that isn't to me

why doesn't it effect Europeans, because the gov can't restrict them, yet they can do this to citizens of this great country . not very fair is it