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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has revealed that the UK government’s plan to raise the family visa threshold from £29,000 to £38,700 has been put on hold.

This policy, initially set to take effect in 2025, was introduced earlier this year by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as part of efforts to address record immigration figures.The new administration has decided to delay the implementation of the proposed increase until a comprehensive review of the family visa policy is conducted by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
Until the review is completed, the current threshold of £29,000 will remain in place.

Cooper confirmed that no further adjustments to the policy will occur until the independent review is completed.

The government has tasked MAC with evaluating the impact of restricting migrant workers from bringing family members to the UK and the implications of increasing wage thresholds.

The new government, under Cooper’s direction, plans to reassess its approach to legal migration. The objective is to enhance the skills of the local workforce before turning to foreign recruitment. Cooper criticized the recent rise in legal migration levels, citing it as indicative of failures in addressing labor market shortages. Non-EU long-term migration surged from 277,000 in the year to December 2022 to 423,000 in the year to December 2023.

“This is why we are setting out a different approach – one that links migration policy and visa controls to skills and labor market policies – so immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems here at home,” Cooper stated.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/japa-uk-suspends-38700-wage-threshold-for-family-visa/

Breaking Down the UK Family Visa News
The Problem:
* The UK government wanted to reduce the number of people coming to live in the UK with their families with effect from 2025.
* To do this, they planned to increase the amount of money people needed to earn before they could bring their family members to live with them.

What Happened:
* The government decided to put this plan on hold.
* They will now ask a group of experts to study the situation and see if increasing the money people need to earn is a good idea.
* Until the experts finish their study, the amount of money people need to earn will stay the same.

Why?:
* The government thinks there are too many people coming to the UK to live and work.
* They want to make sure there are enough jobs for people who already live in the UK before letting more people come in.
* They want to train people who already live in the UK for jobs instead of relying on people from other countries.

In simpler terms:
The UK government is trying to figure out how to control the number of people coming to live in the UK with their families. They are going to think about this carefully before making any changes.

Make it £100000

Still 40metre plus to go to u.k

Abee79:
Breaking Down the UK Family Visa News
The Problem:
* The UK government wanted to reduce the number of people coming to live in the UK with their families with effect from 2025.
* To do this, they planned to increase the amount of money people needed to earn before they could bring their family members to live with them.

What Happened:
* The government decided to put this plan on hold.
* They will now ask a group of experts to study the situation and see if increasing the money people need to earn is a good idea.
* Until the experts finish their study, the amount of money people need to earn will stay the same.

Why?:
* The government thinks there are too many people coming to the UK to live and work.
* They want to make sure there are enough jobs for people who already live in the UK before letting more people come in.
* They want to train people who already live in the UK for jobs instead of relying on people from other countries.

In simpler terms:
The UK government is trying to figure out how to control the number of people coming to live in the UK with their families. They are going to think about this carefully before making any changes.

Dude, you suppose dey supervise project student for university

Immigrants too full united kingdom.

ghettochild:
Dude, you suppose dey supervise project student for university

Nah! I love simplifying things. Nigerian students will not appreciate it 🤣🤣🤣