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<p>The Government engages regularly with interested stakeholders including through
a number of its advisory groups, when developing its policies. We did not invite representations
from stakeholders specifically on the MIR prior to the announcement of 4 December
2023.</p><p>The decision to raise the MIR was taken to ensure that migration policy
is supportive of the wider ambition for the UK to be a high-wage, high-productivity,
high-skill economy, and help to ensure that migrants make a net positive contribution
to the public finances in addition to ensuring that families would not need to have
recourse to welfare and had sufficient resources to participate in British life.</p><p>Previous
advice and evidence provided by the Migration Advisory Committee regarding net-fiscal
contributions and access to benefits was considered when making this decision. We
did not seek further advice from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) before making
the decision to increase the Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) element of the family
Immigration Rules.</p><p>A child who is applying for permission after 11 April 2024
to join their parent who, prior to 11 April met the lower threshold and was granted
permission, will be subject to transitional arrangements and must meet the same threshold
as their parent (£18,600 plus the child component, capped at £29,000). Where they
meet the threshold alongside the other requirements of the 5-year route, they will
be granted on the 5-year route to settlement.</p>
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