Written Question·Home Office·UIN 902859

Visas: Families

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of raising the minimum income requirement for family visas.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The Family Immigration Rules, including the MIR, need to balance a respect for family life whilst also ensuring the economic wellbeing of the UK is maintained.Under the previous government net migration reached a record high. We have paused the current MI...
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