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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

Family hits out at 'obscene' new £38,700 salary requirement for Britons with foreign spouses

A British mother-of-two who sponsors her Turkish husband to live in the UK has called the Government’s visa changes "obscene" and said they will cause "severe" consequences for families who face being ripped apart. 

Britons will need to earn at least £38,700 to sponsor their foreign spouses seeking a family visa to live in the UK as part of a swathe of Home Office visa changes coming into effect next spring. 

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