Rejected petition Reduce the Income Requirement for family visas to the UK to £20,800

When the MAC review is completed in June 2025, we want the government to lower the Income Requirement for family visas to £20,800 to reflect lower average earnings in areas outside London & the Southeast, including:
Midlands & Southwest England
Northern England & Wales
Scotland & Northern Ireland

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The £29,000 threshold is unfairly high, breaching the human rights of UK citizens with overseas partners, and forcing families apart.

This discriminates against working-class people, especially outside London. The MAC review must end this cruel policy. Labour inherited it—now you must fix it and support the families you represent.

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Date submitted 16 March 2025
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