Christmas is coming. Everywhere you see the signs of a season that is, for most people, a time for family and loved ones. But for thousands of families across the country, it’s yet another Christmas spent without fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives, as Theresa May’s government continues to prevent them from coming home to their family.
Families & the Law
Since 2012, British citizens have been required to demonstrate an income of at least £18,600 per year in order to be joined here by a non-European spouse. The figure rises by £3,800 if you have a child and by £2,400 for every additional child. Savings of at least £62,500 may be accepted in lieu of income but these must be in the form of cash, held for at least six months and must be held by the British spouse.
