It is widely recommended by top immigration law firms in London to apply sooner rather than later, with legal assistance, if your prospective UK immigration applications may be affected by the developments listed below. This is simply in case something goes wrong the first time.
The family visa minimum income threshold will continue to rise.
In the spring of 2024, the minimum income required for a British national or settled person to bring their spouse into the country on a family visa will increase from £18,600 to £29,000. The requirement for British or settled partners to prove they can support an applicant for a family visa to live with them in the UK will continue to rise gradually, the Government has now confirmed, eventually catching up with the minimum income requirement for skilled worker visas in early 2025. The minimum income criterion may rise to even greater levels by early 2025, although it will remain at £38,700 this spring.
This year's election will determine if the next government wants to maintain the current high income criterion for proving a settled partner can support their loved one, as per the top immigration law firms in London.
The government maintains that candidates will still be allowed to use their funds to satisfy the current minimal income criteria. To meet the minimum income criteria, an applicant's sponsor's cash savings, their own cash savings, or the combined cash savings of both, may be applied. However, the maximum amount that can be applied is £62,500, which is now required for a pair to be granted a two-and-a-half-year visa for a partner without children. (Note: Since this is based on the existing £18,600 level, the new cash savings need may be greater.)
To the relief of many, those who already have a family visa, were awarded a fiancé visa prior to the threshold hike, or applied before the upcoming income threshold increase this spring, will still have their visa applications evaluated based on the current £18,600 criteria.
Immigration Health Surcharge was increased.
The Immigration Health Surcharge, which is required for the majority of visa applicants, is expected to rise from £624 to £1,035 year (or from £470 to £776 annually for youth mobility workers, students, and children).
If it passed through Parliament in time, the rise in the cost to utilize the National Health Service was scheduled to go into effect on January 16. Since it will take effect in 21 days, the earliest it may currently occur is early February.
Most students and carers are not permitted to have dependents.
The ability to bring family members into the UK on sponsored work visas will no longer be available to caregivers, particularly elderly caregivers. Before the changes go into effect, those who were already on this immigration route are still able to bring dependents to the UK when they seek for settlement, renew their visa, or move employers as long as they stay in the same SOC.Nevertheless, workers in the UK under any other immigration pathway, including one that allows dependents, who convert to the Skilled Worker category as caregivers after the regulations alter will not be allowed to remain with (or bring over) dependents, potentially upsetting already-united families. This will all be implemented “as soon as possible”
Additionally, starting in January 2024, non-EU students will not be permitted to enter the UK with dependents unless they are engaged in a postgraduate study that is classified as a research program. Programs that involve original work production and have a research component, such as master's degrees or PhDs, are eligible. This ban will be in effect for all foreign students enrolled in classes beginning on January 1, 2024.
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