Home Office accused of ‘chaos’ after U-turn on salary threshold for family visa

Department unexpectedly announces interim increase to just 29,000, with no timeline given for planned full rise to 38,700

The Home Office has made a U-turn on its much-criticised plan to imminently raise the minimum salary requirement for British nationals bringing foreign family members to the UK, saying the threshold will first be raised to 29,000 instead of 38,700.

The revised proposal, announced unexpectedly and without fanfare in a parliamentary answer, said the threshold would be increased incrementally" and would still eventually hit 38,700, but gave no timescale for when this would happen.