Senior MPs are calling for serving Armed Forces personnel to be exempt from the minimum income threshold.
Under the present immigration rules, foreign workers must earn £18,600 to apply for their spouse to live in the UK. Whereas, the minimum income requirement to bring over one child is £22,400 with an additional £2,400 for each child thereafter. A soldier’s basic pay after training is only £18,600 a year, forcing many to take on second jobs to afford to move their families to the UK.
At present over 6000 personnel serving in the UK Armed Forces are from foreign and Commonwealth countries. Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat said- "If they fight for us, they should be able to live with us"
