Written Question·Home Office·UIN 95688

Visas: Married People

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Clive Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the application of the new individual earnings requirement applies to spouses of UK citizens who are retired, carers, or stay-at-home parents.

Answer

Mike Tapp

On 20 November, we launched a public consultation on our proposed earned settlement model.The command paper accompanying that consultation puts forward a general requirement to have earnt at least £12,570 per annum for three years in order to settle in th...

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