#family-visas

#family-visas

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures last month showed there was a 69% drop, from 649,000, in the number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating in the year to June 2025. Just under 900,000 people immigrated to the UK between July 2024 and June 2025, down more than 400,000 on the year before. At the same time, 693,000 people emigrated from the UK, up by 43,000 on the previous year.

The Migration Advisory Committee has proposed that the minimum income threshold for family visas be lowered from £29,000 to between £23,000 and £25,000 to ensure families can support themselves.