Question follow-through · 4091
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to raise the minimum income requirement for family immigration visas to £34,000; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of such an increase on (a) Leicester a
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to raise the minimum income requirement for family immigration visas to £34,000; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of such an increase on (a) Leicester a
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The financial requirements for the Family Immigration Rules include the Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) which is currently set at £29,000 and is intended to maintain the economic wellbeing of the UK whilst respecting family life.The Home Secretary has an...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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