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As a set of new rules aimed at curbing migration to the United Kingdom takes effects, the UK Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has said
overseas care workers will no longer be allowed to bring their partners and children into the country.
This is because the country is set to raise the minimum salary requirement for obtaining a skilled worker visa, currently set at £26,000, with the new threshold to be increased to £38,700.
Cleverly told parliament on Monday that the implementation of the rules in the previous year could have resulted in a decrease of 300,000 migrants annually.
The implication is that if a UK person marries a non-UK citizen, their new spouse will be unable to go to the UK to live with them until they earn £38,700.
“We will ensure people only bring dependents whom they can support financially, by raising the minimum income for family visas to the same threshold as the minimum salary threshold for Skilled Workers, £38,700,” Cleverly said.
