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<p>The minimum income requirement is set at the level which prevents burdens on the
taxpayer and promotes integration. We have kept the family Immigration Rules under
review and made adjustments in light of feedback, including from the courts, on their
operation and impact.</p><p>The overall assessment is that the minimum income requirement
strikes a fair balance between an individual’s right to family life, the economic
wellbeing of the UK and the community in general.</p><p>In last year’s immigration
white paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’, the Government agreed
to the principle that minimum salary thresholds should be retained for the new skilled
worker route. These thresholds should help control migration, ensuring that it is
reduced to sustainable levels, whilst ensuring that the UK can attract the talented
people needed for the country to continue to prosper. Salary thresholds should also
see skilled migrants continue to make a positive contribution to public finances.</p><p>In
June 2019, the Migration Advisory Committee were commissioned to advise on a number
of issues concerning potential future thresholds and the range at which they could
be set. These include the mechanism for calculating future salary thresholds, salary
threshold levels, whether there should be regional salary thresholds and the impact
of exemptions from minimum salary thresholds. The MAC has been asked to report by
January 2020. Further details of the commission can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829234/Home_Secretary_Professor_Manning_-_Points-based_system.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829234/Home_Secretary_Professor_Manning_-_Points-based_system.pdf</a></p>
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