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registered interest false more like this
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Visas: Married People more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans he has to change the minimum income requirement for spouse visas. more like this
tabling member constituency Livingston more like this
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Hannah Bardell more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-06-18more like thismore than 2018-06-18
answer text <p>The Government has no plans currently to change the income requirement for spousal visas. The Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement for spouse visas in February 2017, the current approach ensures that taxpayers are not required to support those settling in the UK on Family visas and the policy promotes integration. The Supreme Court found that our policy strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a spouse to settle in the UK and of the community in general.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North remove filter
answering member printed Caroline Nokes more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-06-18T17:13:41.983Zmore like thismore than 2018-06-18T17:13:41.983Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Hannah Bardell more like this