UK visas: new Rules from April 2024
1. Income £29,000 for spouses, partners and families of UK citizens : From 11 April 2024, the minimum income threshold is £29,000 per year, up from the old figure of £18,600. Then to £34,500 later in 2024, and eventually £38,700 in early 2025. 2. However, these changes won’t affect those who currently have a visa in this category. The category is a Partner visa of a UK citizen, of a person with a settled status in the UK (PR, ILR, settled under EUSS) or of an EEA citizen with a pre-settled status in the UK. So, if you already have this visa now, you can “carry on” to settlement under the £18,600 rules, even after the change. For example, if you applied for a Partner visa on 1 April 2024, the Rules still require £18,600 income. The new threshold £29,000 comes in force, from 11 April 2024. Your application is decided in May 2024 – but you can still “carry on” under £18,600 old Rules until settlement 5 years later. Same if it’s refused but you win the appeal. 3. If you are planning to s