UK Foreign spouse income law ruling
I can't see the income level being a problem for most people, even a 40 hour per week minimum wage job works out around 15k p.a.
But the 18 month process is the problem, and unfair in my opinion, especially given the ease with which some with no connection to the country get in.
But the 18 month process is the problem, and unfair in my opinion, especially given the ease with which some with no connection to the country get in.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
Look at that, it looks even more insane.
Moving from an open economy to a closed shop one is going to be an absolute mess. My guess is that given the low education level of the average UK student (no wonder, with a system that allows leaving school at 16) quite a few UK larger companies will open up subsidiaries abroad or relocate their IT and high added value departments. and many others like restaurants, hotels, farms depending on foreign labour etc will simply shut down once it is applied to EU nationals.UK to introduce foreign talent acquisition fee to employers through a new skill charge system
Friday, 10 February 2017
The government of the United Kingdom is planning to introduce a new incentive program to reduce local employers’ reliance on foreign talent.
According to the proposed plan, employers will have to pay a £1,000-a-year fee for every worker they acquire from outside Switzerland and the EU region. The new scheme called Immigration Skills Charge will begin implementation after successfully triggering Article 50 in April 2017. This means that a full visa would cost the employer a total of £3,000, since the Tier 2 (General) visa is typically issued for 3 years.
The bold move from the Home Office has been criticised by many as anti-immigration as it appears that it’s incentivising local employers not to hire immigrants. The government is resolute that the move will ensure local workers a wider access to local jobs.
Many UK-based entrepreneurs said that the country’s labour market is not capable of producing the skills they are looking for, especially for crucial posts in emerging industries. The inability to hire a talented employee outside the country will also stifle growth and expansion. This will also force them to pay a UK-born worker who could be either incompetent or doesn’t fit specific job requirements.
Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill admitted that the scheme could be extended to cover high-skilled workers from the EU region. “We are also bringing in the immigration skills charge for non-EEA skilled workers in the future. So it goes like this: if you want to recruit an Indian computer programmer on a four-year contract, on top of the existing visa charges and the resident labour market test, there will be a fee of £1,000 per year,” Goodwill told the press.
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slavedog wrote:I can't see the income level being a problem for most people, even a 40 hour per week minimum wage job works out around 15k p.a.
But the 18 month process is the problem, and unfair in my opinion, especially given the ease with which some with no connection to the country get in.
If would be unfair if it was true. It is not in my experience. A decision is made on settlement visa applications within 60 days of the time of submission.
I would be interested to hear of actual examples where that hasn't been the case.
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I agree, the sooner we get out, the better. We might make a hash of the whole thing, but it will at least be a British hash, one all Britons can be proud of.logos wrote:Look at that, it looks even more insane.
Moving from an open economy to a closed shop one is going to be an absolute mess. My guess is that given the low education level of the average UK student (no wonder, with a system that allows leaving school at 16) quite a few UK larger companies will open up subsidiaries abroad or relocate their IT and high added value departments. and many others like restaurants, hotels, farms depending on foreign labour etc will simply shut down once it is applied to EU nationals.UK to introduce foreign talent acquisition fee to employers through a new skill charge system
Friday, 10 February 2017
The government of the United Kingdom is planning to introduce a new incentive program to reduce local employers’ reliance on foreign talent.
According to the proposed plan, employers will have to pay a £1,000-a-year fee for every worker they acquire from outside Switzerland and the EU region. The new scheme called Immigration Skills Charge will begin implementation after successfully triggering Article 50 in April 2017. This means that a full visa would cost the employer a total of £3,000, since the Tier 2 (General) visa is typically issued for 3 years.
The bold move from the Home Office has been criticised by many as anti-immigration as it appears that it’s incentivising local employers not to hire immigrants. The government is resolute that the move will ensure local workers a wider access to local jobs.
Many UK-based entrepreneurs said that the country’s labour market is not capable of producing the skills they are looking for, especially for crucial posts in emerging industries. The inability to hire a talented employee outside the country will also stifle growth and expansion. This will also force them to pay a UK-born worker who could be either incompetent or doesn’t fit specific job requirements.
Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill admitted that the scheme could be extended to cover high-skilled workers from the EU region. “We are also bringing in the immigration skills charge for non-EEA skilled workers in the future. So it goes like this: if you want to recruit an Indian computer programmer on a four-year contract, on top of the existing visa charges and the resident labour market test, there will be a fee of £1,000 per year,” Goodwill told the press.
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TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
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I know one guy back there, who can't work the hours to make 18.5k p/a while being a single dad to his kids, and childcare is prohibitevly expensive.
If his wife was allowed in he could. Doesn't seem particularly fair.
If his wife was allowed in he could. Doesn't seem particularly fair.
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I'm glad I'm no Brit having to live in Britain under T May's insane policies.
I'm glad I'm no Brit having to live in Britain under T May's insane policies.
Why is this particular policy a bad one? It doesn't seem unreasonable to expect a spouse to be earning what is in fact, a very low income, to be able to bring your foreign spouse to the UK. You can't bring a partner over on holiday without proving you can support them for the duration of the holiday and they will not be a burden on the state - why should it be different for a more permanent move?
Western spouses can't get marriage visas or retirement visas in places like Thailand without proving a similar amount of income, and I think the new discussed retirement visa in Cambodia is the same.
Western spouses can't get marriage visas or retirement visas in places like Thailand without proving a similar amount of income, and I think the new discussed retirement visa in Cambodia is the same.
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That very low level of required income is above the average income level for most of Britain.
Of course, it's a basic starting wage if you live in London, but London, and its hinterlands don't reflect the rest of England, Wales,Scotland and N.I.
It has no effect on me; as I'm not a British person.
I do know that from my friend' experience he is on various forms of benefit, being supported by the state, as are his kids.
If he puts the kids in daycare and works 40 hours a week to make the income theshold to bring his wife to the UK he would have childcare costs in excess of £4000 per month. As he says, if she were there she could make house and he could work. There would be less of a burden on the taxpayer than there is under their current circumstances.
Of course, it's a basic starting wage if you live in London, but London, and its hinterlands don't reflect the rest of England, Wales,Scotland and N.I.
It has no effect on me; as I'm not a British person.
I do know that from my friend' experience he is on various forms of benefit, being supported by the state, as are his kids.
If he puts the kids in daycare and works 40 hours a week to make the income theshold to bring his wife to the UK he would have childcare costs in excess of £4000 per month. As he says, if she were there she could make house and he could work. There would be less of a burden on the taxpayer than there is under their current circumstances.
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